France returns to China's list of purchases in Europe economic and trade promotion

China Economic Network Beijing October 29 (Zhang) China will form a trade and investment promotion group to France in late November to purchase.　　Analysts say this is a signal of the imminent warming of Sino-French relations, which will promote the healthy development of Sino-French relations. Gao, Vice minister of Commerce of China, said 28th that China will form a trade and investment promotion mission to France in late November to purchase, including aviation, nuclear power, electricity, transportation and so on, in addition, some service trade enterprises also enrolled in the group. He revealed that the procurement team will be led by Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce, planning to go to France in the last week of November, in addition to the Sino-French state-owned enterprises in aviation, nuclear power, transportation and other signs in the field, there are many private and local enterprises will be in energy conservation and environmental protection, finance, logistics and other new areas of interest to expand.　　Gao frankly, economic and trade relations for the political relationship warming is also one of the important purposes of this procurement. This is the first time since 2008 that the Chinese procurement Corps has travelled to France for procurement. In February 2008, the Chinese procurement mission to Europe visited Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, which signed a total of up to 13 billion US dollars in the purchase order.　　In July this year China's European procurement mission visited Italy, Sweden and Finland. Gao revealed that more than 100 companies are currently enrolled in the Procurement Corps, including aviation, energy, railways, nuclear power and environmental protection industries.　　The specific number of personnel currently in the procurement mission to France has not yet been determined. "The preparations for the procurement mission are progressing well," Gao said in a meeting with visiting French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Christine Lagarde, in Beijing yesterday. He said: "This procurement activities will promote the healthy development of Sino-French relations."　　"China-France relations have improved markedly since April this year, and the leaders of the two countries issued a joint statement at the G20 Summit in London, acknowledging that" Tibet is an inalienable part of Chinese territory ". The global financial crisis and the world recession have caused great difficulties for the French economy, with figures from the French Ministry of Economic Industry and employment showing that the number of unemployed people in France reached 2.57 million in September this year, up 25% from a year earlier.