Wang Ning, the founder of the famous toy company Pop Mart, said that they are willing to see and have been ready for more cooperation between China and France in the future after the sixth meeting of the China-France Business Council in Paris.
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping attended and addressed the closing ceremony of the sixth meeting of the China-France Business Council in Paris on Monday, calling for joint efforts to usher in a new era of China-France cooperation.
Looking to the future, China will work with France to enrich the economic and trade dimensions of the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership, Xi said, adding that China always views France as a priority and trustworthy partner of cooperation.
China is committed to expanding business relations with France in both width and depth by opening up new areas, creating new models and fostering new growth points, Xi said at the event.
"We can see from President Xi's speech that we are actively exploring more possibilities in opening up, exchanges, and cultural communication. We are very honored to be a part of this meeting, and we also hope to actively participate in China-France cooperation," said Wang Ning, founder of the POP MART International Group, a fast-growing Beijing-based designer toy company, after attending the meeting.
Chinese business runners ready for more China-France cooperation
China's railway is expected to handle 13.2 million passengers nationwide on Thursday, the 10th of this year's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, as the railway passenger traffic has been running at a high level for several days.
The railway transported 13.32 million passengers on Wednesday, the ninth day of the travel rush.
By 20:00 Wednesday, the country's railway ticketing platform 12306 had sold a total of 271 million tickets for the Spring Festival travel period which runs from Jan 14 to Feb 22.
To ensure smooth travel during the Spring Festival, local railway departments are adding trains to meet the surging demand.
China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, is expected to handle 455,000 passengers on Thursday, with the local railway authorities planning to add 98 extra trains, including 12 overnight high-speed trains to the metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou.
China Railway Nanning Bureau Group in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is set to run 690 passenger trains on Thursday, including an additional of 101 bullet trains.
Qingdao railway station in east China's Shandong Province will operate passenger trains to Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, for the first time.
The Spring Festival travel rush, known as Chunyun, is the largest annual human migration in the world as tens of millions of Chinese people return to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families.
The Spring Festival falls on Jan 29 this year, ushering in the Year of the Snake.
China's railway expected to handle 13.2 mln passengers on 10th day of Spring Festival travel rush