Zhao Leji, chairman of China’s National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday afternoon.
During their meeting, Zhao highlighted the talks held the same day between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Macron, noting that the two leaders have charted the course for the development of China-France relations in the next stage.
China would like to work with France to fully implement the key consensus reached by the two heads of state, uphold the spirit of the establishment of diplomatic ties, maintain close friendly exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand people-to-people exchanges, while strengthening dialogue and coordination in multilateral fields to promote the sound and positive development of bilateral ties, said Zhao.
He said the NPC is ready to maintain close exchanges at all levels with the two houses of the French Parliament to share experiences regarding legislation and supervision to provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries.
Macron said France and China have maintained candid, direct and substantive dialogue and reached many consensuses.
He expressed admiration for China's achievements in such fields as economy, science and technology, saying that France is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China, strengthen exchanges between legislatures, jointly address global challenges, and continuously advance a balanced development of France-China relations.
