{"id":17331,"date":"2024-04-09T11:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/?p=17331"},"modified":"2024-04-09T11:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:11:50","slug":"xi-meets-merieux-foundation-president-and-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/?p=17331&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Xi meets Merieux Foundation president and his wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/img2.chinadaily.com.cn\/images\/202404\/08\/6613d8aca31082fc2b6bce22.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>President Xi Jinping talks with President of the Merieux Foundation Alain Merieux at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, April 8, 2024. [Photo\/Xinhua]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BEIJING &#8212; President Xi Jinping met with President of the Merieux Foundation Alain Merieux and his wife Chantal in Beijing on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xi expressed appreciation for the long-term support from the couple and the foundation for the development of China-France relations and China&#8217;s health cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century and has entered a period of turmoil, Xi said, noting that human society not only has to deal with health challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic but also geopolitical conflicts such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has always called for an end to war, advocated peace and promoted efforts to build a community with a shared future for humanity, Xi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noting that this year marks the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations, Xi said the friendship between the two countries has become ever stronger thanks to efforts from generation to generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xi said China cherishes its friendship with France and is willing to further strengthen high-level exchanges and cooperation with France to push bilateral relations to a higher level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that China and France have carried out productive cooperation in health and the Merieux Foundation is welcome to continue deepening cooperation with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merieux thanked Xi for taking time out of his busy schedule for the meeting, which fully reflects his friendly sentiments toward the French people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recalling that his bond with China began 46 years ago, Merieux said he has always followed and admired China&#8217;s progress over the years, and the foundation will continue to promote France-China friendship and cooperation in the health sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/img2.chinadaily.com.cn\/images\/202404\/08\/6613d8aca31082fc2b6bce25.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>President Xi Jinping meets with President of the Merieux Foundation Alain Merieux and his wife at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, April 8, 2024. [Photo\/Xinhua]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202404\/08\/WS66137853a31082fc043c0c0e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>erieux thanked Xi for taking time out of his busy schedule for the meeting, which fully reflects his friendly sentiments toward the French people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[104],"tags":[],"modified_by":"amyadmin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17332,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17331\/revisions\/17332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}