China, France to hold high-level economic dialogue

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The seventh China-France High-Level  Economic and Financial Dialogue will be held Tuesday via video link, a  Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Monday.

Vice Premier Hu Chunhua and French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will co-chair the dialogue, spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a news briefing.

Established in 2013, the China-France High-Level Economic and  Financial Dialogue serves as an important platform for communication and  policy coordination on strategic, overarching, and long-term issues in  the economic and financial sectors. It has played a positive role in  deepening bilateral pragmatic cooperation in these areas, strengthening  communication and coordination on major international economic and  financial issues, and in promoting the development of the China-France  comprehensive strategic partnership. Enditem