Fillon said, as the rotating chair of the G20 next year, France was ready to work with China to address the problems of unbalanced growth, global governance and international financial supervision.

He said, since the human beings had already made huge progress, they should resolve various problems through establishing partnerships and cooperating.

Fillon said France supported all-round cooperation between the EU and China, noting that France was ready to work with China to explore new channels of developing France-China and EU-China relations.

The French prime minister fully agreed with Hu on his propositions for strengthening bilateral practical cooperation.

Fillon said France was ready to adopt a long-term vision to strengthen cooperation with China in priority areas of energy, environmental protection, sustainable growth, aviation and space.

He said France was ready to expand cooperation with China in culture and people-to-people exchanges to form a long-term partnership between the two sides.

Also on Friday, President Hu met with former French President Jacques Chirac in Paris.

Hu spoke highly of Chirac's outstanding contribution to the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and France.

He hoped Chirac would continue to play an important role in enhancing friendship between the two peoples and expanding exchanges between the two countries.

During the meeting, Hu said that, since the two countries established diplomatic ties 46 years ago, China-France relations had played a leading role in relations between Western countries and China due to the care and strong promotion of several generations of leaders of both countries.