PARIS: China and France agreed to strengthen bilateral economic ties, enhance trade and investment, and address global challenges such as climate change, during the 10th China-France High Level Economic and Financial Dialogue in Paris on Thursday.
The dialogue was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Eric Lombard.
He stressed China’s commitment to advancing the consensus of both nations’ leaders, fostering an open global trade environment, and deepening economic and financial cooperation to inject new vitality into the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership.
Lombard added that France is willing to work alongside China for multilateralism, free trade and tackling climate change, pledging to offer Chinese consumers high-quality French products and improve France’s business climate to attract more Chinese investment.
During the dialogue, the two sides engaged in extensive discussions on multiple issues and signed cooperation agreements on poultry meat, breeding poultry, and hatching eggs.
He also conducted field research by visiting French family farms, and met with representatives of French enterprises in the fields of cosmetics, medicine and aviation during his stay in France.
France is China’s third-largest trading partner and the third-largest source of actual investment in the EU. China is France’s largest trading partner in Asia and the seventh-largest globally. In 2024, bilateral trade volume between the two countries reached $79.58 billion, up 0.8 percent year-on-year, according to data from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
