China News Service, Beijing, October 10. Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, held the 28th China-France Strategic Dialogue with French Presidential Foreign Affairs Adviser Bernard Bonn in Datong on the 10th. They had long-term and in-depth communication on deepening China-France strategic cooperation and reached broad consensus. Both sides also affirmed the positive results achieved by the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism.
Wang Yi said that the China-France Strategic Dialogue is the first high-level strategic consultation mechanism established between China and Western powers. It has played an important role as China-France relations have grown. In particular, it has served the heads of state diplomacy, consolidated political mutual trust, and demonstrated the due responsibilities of a major country. At present, the international situation is becoming more volatile and chaotic. China is willing to work with France to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, maintain strategic communication, enhance strategic mutual trust, make new efforts for the stability and long-term development of China-France and China-EU relations, and make new efforts to promote world peace, stability and development.
Wang Yi said that China is willing to maintain high-level exchanges with France, continue to expand and strengthen cooperation in traditional fields such as aerospace and nuclear energy, expand cooperation in emerging fields such as advanced manufacturing, green and low-carbon, and artificial intelligence, and deepen exchanges in education, culture, youth, sports, and local areas. It is hoped that France will provide policy support and a good environment for Chinese companies to invest and start business in France. China and France are both major countries that adhere to independence and multilateralism. They should continue to strengthen communication and coordination within the framework of the United Nations, jointly promote the implementation of the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping, and work together to build a more fair and reasonable global governance system. The Taiwan issue is related to China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. We hope that France will abide by its one-China policy commitment and safeguard the political foundation of China-France relations.
Bonnet said that the friendship between France and China is profound. In 1973, the first French president to visit China visited Datong, leaving a good story in the relations between the two countries. France is willing to inherit its historical friendship with China and continue to build a comprehensive strategic partnership featuring mutual respect, friendship and mutual trust that is solid and dynamic. France adheres to the one-China policy and there will be no change in this. It is expected that the two sides will intensify high-level exchanges, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields such as agriculture, nuclear energy, outer space, the Internet, artificial intelligence, and new technologies, so as to better benefit the two peoples. France will continue to provide a predictable business environment for Chinese companies to invest in France. France speaks positively of China's global initiatives and is willing to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China and play a more constructive role in the international community's cooperation in responding to global crises and achieving common development.
Wang Yi said that the positive progress achieved at the second regular meeting of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism shows that the two sides, as comprehensive strategic partners, can properly handle economic and trade differences through dialogue, defend the concept of multilateralism, maintain the free trade system, and promote China-EU relations to return to a stable and healthy development momentum. It is expected that France, as a core member of the EU, will continue to play a constructive role in China-EU mutually beneficial cooperation.
Wang Yi emphasized that trust is the foundation and foundation of China-EU relations, and economic and trade differences are only a phased phenomenon. Both sides should adhere to the positioning of partners and the tone of cooperation, put trade issues at an appropriate position in China-EU relations, promote "win-win", avoid "lose-lose", and achieve "upward balance" rather than "downward balance". Bona said that this EU-China trade and investment consultation is an important step in a positive direction. Europe needs China for its development. The EU does not want to fight a trade war with China or seek "decoupling" from China. It is willing to be a credible and reliable partner of China, define EU-China relations with balance and cooperation, and achieve common development with the spirit of trust and contract.
The two sides also had an in-depth exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis, the situation in the Middle East and other issues. Both sides agreed to continue to give full play to the role of the strategic dialogue mechanism and maintain dialogue, communication and coordination of international affairs.
