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enroll in French universities.
Scientific cooperation is also substan-
tial, especially in the field of medicine,
since Wuhan hosts one of the four French-
language medical schools in China. Some
students from Wuhan University’s School
of Medicine choose French as a foreign lan-
guage and serve their internships in Nancy,
France. We also try to promote tourism to
France and our visa services do a great job.
We encourage Chinese tourists to not only
visit Paris, but also take an interest in other
regions in France.
What successful areas of cooperation
between China and France in Wuhan
could serve as a model for other coun-
tries or cities?
The Franco-Chinese sustainable city proj-
ect in Caidian District could be a model for
other cities in China and around the world
because the global urban population con-
tinues to increase and by 2040, roughly 75
percent of the world’s population will live in
cities. So this is a project that is very impor-
tant to us.
How is this project developing?
There are already a dozen French com-
panies onboard in the fields of urban
planning, cold chain management, heating
and power generation, as well as in the en-
vironmental protection of lakes. Currently,
we are really starting to do hands-on
work. It’s a long-term project, and a rather
complex one. Our job is to publicize it
throughout the French business com-
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development and to encourage French
companies to take an interest in Wuhan.
What about the China-Europe Railway
Express?
During a visit to Wuhan in 2017, then
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve
greeted the arrival of a container train from
Lyon loaded with French wine. In addition,
a bonded warehouse for wine was recently
established.
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economic and trade cooperation be-
tween our two countries?
We encourage French companies to come
to Wuhan and [other parts of] Hubei. We
have organized a number of business tours
and invited French companies that special-
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local authorities and departments, and we
organize meetings with local companies,hoping that these meetings will eventually
result in exchanges and cooperation. We
play the role of an intermediary. We can
also do market studies and analysis when-
ever companies or investors require such
work through our economic services. Q
(Reporting from Wuhan,
Hubei Province)