Vice President Zeng Qinghong met in Beijing on Monday with
Segolene Royal, head of the French Socialist Party.
Zeng said China attaches great importance to the Sino-French
relations.
"China is willing to make joint efforts with people from all
circles in France to maintain bilateral exchanges at all levels and
continuously expand cooperation in the fields of economics and
trade, science and technology and culture, to promote the all-round
strategic partnership between the two countries," Zeng said.
Noting that the relations between China and France have
developed in depth and in an all-round way, Zeng said the two sides
have enhanced mutual political trust and strategic cooperation and
kept close contacts and coordination on major international
issues.
Zeng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,
said the CPC is ready to strengthen dialogue and exchanges with the
French Socialist Party on the basis of four principles regarding
inter-party exchanges, to make new contribution to the overall
development of China-France relations.
Royal said China's rapid and harmonious development means an
important opportunity for both France and Europe and also
constitutes an important contribution to realizing a peaceful and
harmonious world.
"The French Socialist Party hopes to deepen exchanges with the
CPC and strengthen exchanges between the youth of the two
countries, to promote mutually beneficial cooperation between
France and China," she said.
Royal started her four-day China visit on Saturday.
(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2007)
