Wang Ning, the founder of the famous toy company Pop Mart, said that they are willing to see and have been ready for more cooperation between China and France in the future after the sixth meeting of the China-France Business Council in Paris.
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping attended and addressed the closing ceremony of the sixth meeting of the China-France Business Council in Paris on Monday, calling for joint efforts to usher in a new era of China-France cooperation.
Looking to the future, China will work with France to enrich the economic and trade dimensions of the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership, Xi said, adding that China always views France as a priority and trustworthy partner of cooperation.
China is committed to expanding business relations with France in both width and depth by opening up new areas, creating new models and fostering new growth points, Xi said at the event.
"We can see from President Xi's speech that we are actively exploring more possibilities in opening up, exchanges, and cultural communication. We are very honored to be a part of this meeting, and we also hope to actively participate in China-France cooperation," said Wang Ning, founder of the POP MART International Group, a fast-growing Beijing-based designer toy company, after attending the meeting.
Chinese business runners ready for more China-France cooperation
Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Tuesday that the United States has no other alternative but to accept the Iranian people's rights.
He made the remarks in a post on social media X, after U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran's response to a U.S. peace proposal and warned that the ceasefire between the two countries is "on massive life support."
Qalibaf said in the post that there is no alternative but to accept the rights of the Iranian people as laid out in the (Iran-proposed) 14-point proposal and warned that "any other approach will be completely inconclusive; nothing but one failure after another."
"The longer they drag their feet, the more American taxpayers will pay for it," he added.
Trump on Monday slammed Iran's latest response to the White House peace plan, which he rejected one day earlier, calling it "totally unacceptable," stressing that any peace deal between Washington and Tehran would require Iran to pledge to stop pursuing a nuclear program.
Iran has not publicly agreed to give up its enriched uranium, insisting that its nuclear program is peaceful.
On the same day, several U.S. media outlets, citing internal government sources, reported that due to the lack of progress in negotiations, the U.S. is now "more seriously considering" resuming military action against Iran compared to previous weeks.
Iran, the United States and Israel reached a ceasefire on April 8 after 40 days of fighting that began after U.S.-Israeli joint attacks on Tehran and other Iranian cities on Feb 28.
Following the truce, Iranian and U.S. delegations held one round of peace talks in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on April 11 and 12, which failed to yield an agreement.
Over the past weeks, the two sides have reportedly exchanged several proposed plans outlining conditions for ending the conflict through the mediation of Pakistan.
Iranian parliament speaker says US must accept its people's rights
