[Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission Zhou Haibing met with Dumont, Director of the French General Administration of Finance] On the afternoon of October 23, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission Zhou Haibing met with Dumont, Director of the French General Administration of Finance in Venezuela. The two sides exchanged views on the "15th Five-Year Plan", the macroeconomic situation of China and France, the expansion of two-way investment, energy and other issues. Zhou Haibing said that China is willing to strengthen communication with France and deepen practical cooperation under the framework of the inter-departmental cooperation mechanism. French companies are welcome to invest and operate in China and jointly promote the continuous development of practical cooperation between the two countries. It is hoped that France will provide Chinese enterprises with a fair, transparent, non-discriminatory and predictable business environment. Dumont said that pragmatic cooperation between France and China is advancing steadily, and France is willing to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state at the meeting, continue to carry out institutionalized exchanges, strengthen cooperation in investment, energy and other fields, and welcomes more Chinese companies to invest in France to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.