On November 6, 2019, MOFCOM and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance hosted the Sino-French Economic Forum in the Great Hall of the People. Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Macron attended the closing ceremony and delivered keynote speeches. President Xi Jinping emphasized that China persists in opening up to the outside world, pursues a mutually beneficial and win-win opening strategy, and constantly improves the internal and external coordination of development. While achieving its own development, China's development will also benefit other countries and people. Macron highly appreciated China's opening up, and proposed that France and Europe should also open their markets to China. They welcome Chinese companies to invest and provide them with a fair and competitive business environment. France, China, Europe should strengthen coordination and cooperation in addressing climate change, reforming the World Trade Organization, and maintaining the multilateral trading system.

During the discussion session, 24 Chinese and French speakers discussed four topics, including openness and innovation, tackling climate change and protecting biodiversity, third-party market cooperation between China and France, and nuclear energy cooperation which not only built consensus for bilateral cooperation, but also contribute Chinese and French wisdom. CCCME Vice President Liu Chun chaired the first and third discussion.

This forum is co-organized by the China Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the National Energy Administration, and the Secretariat of the Conseil d’entreprises franco-chinois -CCCME and the French-Chinese Committee. Nearly 300 representatives from Chinese and French government departments and advanced manufacturing, agriculture, food, biomedicine, financial services, cross-border e-commerce, energy conservation and environmental protection attended the forum.