China, France to hold high-level economic dialogue

Beijing: The seventh China-France High-Level Economic and Financial Dialogue will be held on Tuesday via video link, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Monday.

Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua and French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will co-chair the dialogue, spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a news briefing, Xinhua news agency reported.

Established in 2013, the China-France High-Level Economic and Financial Dialogue serves as an essential platform for communication and policy coordination on strategic, overarching, and long-term issues in the economic and financial sectors.

It has played a decisive role in deepening bilateral pragmatic cooperation in these areas, strengthening communication and coordination on major international economic and financial issues, and in promoting the development of the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership.