The 10th China-France Forum on Enterprises Reform and Agricultural Issues, co-sponsored by the Finance and Economy Committee and the Rural Area Committee, both under the Chinese National People?痵 Congress, and France Economic and Social Council, was held October 17-19, 2005 in Chongqing. Some 100 Chinese and French representatives attended the event. LIU Yanhua, Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology, delivered at the meeting a speech calling for strengthening proprietary innovations, intensifying the intellectual property protection, and facilitating the economic development and social advancement. LIU added that thanks to many-year efforts, the S&T cooperation between China and France has resulted in a fine pattern made up of exchanges and cooperation in multiple fields and disciplines, and at different levels. China is currently in a critical period to strive for the full-fledged construction of a well-off society, in dire need of advanced technologies. As one of economic and S&T powers in the world, France has numerous advanced technologies and findings worth China learning. In this context, strengthening S&T cooperation between the two nations benefits the common development.
The forum, started from 1995, is held once a year by either China or France in a rotational manner, to discuss issues concerning enterprise reforms and agriculture, in an attempt to expand exchanges and cooperation between the two nations, and accelerating their respective S&T and economic development.
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