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At the invitation of President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Hu Jintao
paid a state visit to France from 4 to 6 November 2010. During the
visit,President Hu Jintao had several meetings with President Sarkozy,
met with Prime Minister Fillon, Senate President Larcher, National
Assembly President Accoyer and former President Chirac, engaged widely
with all sectors of the two countries, attended the signing ceremony of
cooperation documents and visited relevant commercial projects. Before
the visit,President Hu Jintao gave a written interview to Le Figaro and
answered questions regarding China-France relations, China-EU relations,
the G20 Seoul Summit, China's development path and direction, and the
international order in the 21 st century.In his talks with President
Sarkozy, President Hu Jintao spoke positively of the progress in
China-France relations and stressed that in the context of profound and
complex changes in the international landscape,China wanted to give new
substance to its relationship with France, and build it into a mature
and stable comprehensive strategic partnership oriented to the world
based on mutual trust and mutual benefit, which would help forge equal
partnerships between major countries under new circumstances. President
Hu Jintao made a four-point proposal.First, respect each other and
deepen strategic mutual trust. The two sides should deepen mutual
understanding through high-level mutual visits and intergovernmental,
parliamentary, party-to-party and local exchanges, respect each other's
core interests and major concerns while bearing in mind common
interests, promote cooperation across the board,appropriately handle
differences and seek sustained and steady growth of bilateral relations.
Second, keep up with the changes of the times and innovate models of
practical cooperation. The two sides should expand bilateral trade with a
goal of reaching 80 billion US dollars in 2015, and further encourage
two-way investment by providing a more convenient and attractive
investment environment to each other. At the same time, efforts should
be made to boost cooperation in nuclear power and aviation, unleash
cooperation potential in energy efficiency, environmental protection,
new energy, new material, electric vehicle, information and
communications,high-end equipment manufacturing and finance, and develop
new drivers of cooperation to transform and upgrade the bilateral
business ties and reinforce the economic foundation of China-France
relations.
