French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Chengdu after Beijing trip

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00:00I'm reporting from Chengdu Shuanglu International Airport.

00:08As you can see, the airplane for French President Macron has just touched down.

00:14As the top French leader stepping onto Sichuan, the fourth visit of his presidency to China

00:22officially enters the Sichuan chapter.

00:25This visit is a vivid display of friendship and cooperation between China and France, marking

00:31the 61st anniversary of the diplomatic relations.

00:36Actually, Chengdu has long been a key hub for the China-France collaboration.

00:42From the 40-year partnership with Montpelier, which is the first sister city pairing between

00:48China and France, to the Airbus' first full life-circle aircraft service center outside

00:55of Europe, and the green initiatives at the China-French Ecologic Park, the collaboration

01:02between Sichuan and France has spanned multiple sectors.

01:07Particularly notable is the collaboration in Giant Pandas.

01:11Just weeks ago, Giant Pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zai returned to Sichuan safely after 13 years

01:16in France.

01:18Their son, Yuan Meng, whose godmother is the Madame Richard Macron, has settled well in Sichuan

01:24since 2023.

01:25The national treasure has become a powerful symbol of people-to-people ties.

01:30In addition, the Sichuan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage and France's National

01:37Museum of Archaeology have launched jointly projects on sites such as Sanxingdui, growing

01:44new momentum in civilizational dialogue.

01:48From the strategic agreements in Beijing to the practical cooperation in Sichuan, this cross-continental

01:55visit is yielding tangible results for China and French collaboration in Western China.