On July 4, 2025 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi held talks with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot in Paris.

Wang Yi said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China and France have maintained high-level exchanges, strengthened strategic coordination, and enhanced understanding and mutual trust. The two sides successfully held the meeting of the high-level dialogue mechanism on people-to-people exchanges, calling for leveraging the advantages of the two great civilizations to promote civilizational exchanges and mutual learning, and to break down artificially created barriers. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. Over the past 80 years, China and France have made correct strategic choices at multiple critical historical junctures, jointly influencing and shaping the development process of the world, which reflects the strategic and forward-looking nature of China-France relations. At a time when unilateral bullying adversely impacts the international order, China and France, as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and independent major countries, should once again shoulder the mission of the times, advocate and practice multilateralism, uphold free trade rules, and jointly take responsibility for world peace and global development while contributing to human progress. Wang Yi expressed the belief that the French side will continue to abide by the one-China principle and safeguard the political foundation of bilateral relations.

Wang Yi stated that China and France have established the "from French farm to Chinese dining table" whole-chain rapid coordination mechanism, reflecting the high level of practical cooperation between the two sides. Wang Yi expressed the hope that the French side will work with the Chinese side in the same direction to make the pie of China-France cooperation bigger. Both sides should continue to deepen cooperation in traditional key areas such as nuclear energy, aviation and aerospace, and expand cooperation in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, green energy, biotechnology and the silver economy. China supports capable Chinese enterprises to invest in France and hopes that France will provide a fair, transparent, non-discriminatory, and predictable business environment for Chinese companies. The resolution of the brandy issue through friendly consultations between China and the European Union (EU) fully demonstrates that both sides are fully capable of managing friction. He hopes that France, as a core major country in the EU, an advocate of free trade, and a leader in green transition, will play a constructive role in promoting the EU to properly handle differences in the same spirit.

Jean-Noël Barrot stated that facing the complex international landscape, France and China, as well as the EU and China, should provide more stability and rationality for the world. France and China have maintained close high-level exchanges, with practical cooperation and people-to-people and cultural exchanges achieving positive results. Both France and China uphold multilateralism, and France looks forward to strengthening communication and cooperation with China to jointly address global challenges. The French government upholds the one-China policy, which remains unchanged. France attaches great importance to the EU-China partnership and expects to take the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the EU and China as an opportunity to deepen cooperation.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis, the Iranian nuclear issue, and other matters.