China, France sign 15 deals to expand economic cooperation

Entrepreneurs from China and France have signed 15 cooperation agreements in various fields after the successful conclusion of a high-level bilateral business meeting on Monday, said a spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.

Chinese President Xi and French President Macron attended and addressed the closing ceremony of the sixth meeting of China-France Business Council at the Marigny Theater in Paris on Monday. The spokesman said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France 60 years ago, the trade volume between the two countries has increased nearly 800 times.