Chinese President Hu Jintao had a talk with  French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Francein the afternoon of 4 and attended more than $20000000000 in gross cooperation agreement signing ceremony. Hu Jintao later in the welcome dinner Sarkozy said, Sino French bilateral exchanges and cooperation in all areas, are facing new opportunities for development.

    Hu Jintao: "President Sarkozy and I agreed, China and France should make joint efforts, to the Sino French relations with new connotation, the development of mutually beneficial, mature, stable, globally oriented bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, and exert a positive influence for development under the new situation of equal powers."

    Earlier, Hu Jintao at the Elysee Palace, held talks with Sarkozy, to exchange views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Both sides reached consensus on four points, one is to respect each other, deepening bilateral strategic trust, from the common interests, respect each other's core interests and major concerns; two is the pragmatic cooperation in innovation, striving for the bilateral trade volume in 2015 reached $eighty billion; also will keep closer humanities exchanges, and jointly cope with the international challenges. Following the talks, the two heads of state attended the worth more than 10 cooperation agreement signing ceremony of $20000000000, relates to the field of aviation, nuclear energy, finance and environmental protection, including the purchase of 102 planes to Airbus Co, $14000000000.