Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to the French president, in Beijing on Thursday.
Han said China is willing to work with France to fully implement the important consensus reached between their heads of state, adhere to independent policies, enhance exchanges and mutual trust, promote pragmatic cooperation with an open mindset, and strengthen multilateral collaboration.
He expressed the hope that France will play a constructive role in promoting the sound development of relations between China and the European Union (EU).
Bonne said France is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, deepen bilateral cooperation and multilateral coordination, and work with China to address global challenges, expressing readiness to actively promote EU-China dialogue and cooperation.
Chinese VP meets diplomatic adviser to French president
China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.
The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.
According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.
In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.
China's aggregate social financing maintains high growth in 2025
