Xinhua Agency, Marseille, France, July 24 (Reporter Lin Xiaochun and Xing Jianqiao) On the morning of July 24, local time, Vice President Han Zheng met with Rudolf Sade, Chairman and CEO of CMA Fei Group of France.

Han Zheng said that in May this year, President Xi Jinping successfully paid a state visit to France, had in-depth exchanges with President Macron, reached broad consensus, and provided strategic guidance for the development of China-France and China-EU relations. CMA CGM Group has long been deeply involved in the Chinese market and carried out good cooperation with Chinese companies. It has made important contributions to China-France economic and trade cooperation. It is also a supporter, beneficiary and promoter of economic globalization and free trade. For more than 40 years, China has adhered to the basic national policy of reform and opening up, developed itself through opening up, and benefited the world. We will further expand high-level opening up to the outside world, continue to build a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment, and welcome companies from all over the world, including CMA CGM Group, to invest and develop in China.

Saad warmly welcomed Vice Chairman Han Zheng to visit CMA CGM, saying that China's development is full of opportunities. CMA CGM attaches great importance to cooperation with China and looks forward to further close cooperation with Chinese partners in energy transformation, artificial intelligence, robot development and utilization, etc., in order to achieve cooperation. Make positive efforts to win-win cooperation and promote the development of France-China relations.

Marseille Mayor Payan, who attended the meeting, said that it was a great honor to welcome Vice President Han Zheng to visit Marseille. As a sister city of Shanghai, China, Marseille is willing to play a good role as a bridge in sister city cooperation and local exchanges to help further expand and deepen France-China relations in the new era.

Headquartered in Marseille, France, CMA CGM is a world-renowned integrated logistics group and is currently the largest ocean container liner company in France and the third largest in the world. CMA CGM Shipping (China) Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai in 1992 and has more than 20,000 employees in China. It is China's first French-commercial-wholly-owned shipping company.

During his stay in Marseille, Han Zheng also visited local specialty industrial projects.