China, France eye glorious future on 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties
2024-01-26 09:55:23 source：CGTN
Janurary 25, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron delivered video speeches to a reception in Beijing celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and France on Thursday night.
The reception was held in the National Center for the Performing Arts, which was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. On the same night, the opera "Romeo and Juliet" by French composer Charles Gounod also begins its first-day performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts as an inaugural event of the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism.
The performance of the opera is one of the many frequent cultural exchanges between China and France since they established diplomatic relations.
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