A cooperation and research center on civilization exchanges and mutual learning was set up in Paris on Tuesday, as part of efforts to inject new energies into higher education cooperation and cultural exchanges between China and France.

The center was jointly built by Renmin University of China and three French universities, namely Sorbonne University, KEDGE Business School and Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3.

When addressing the inaugural ceremony, Zhang Donggang, Party secretary of the Renmin University of China, said establishing the center was an important move to implement common understandings of the two heads of state to promote high-level development between relations between China and France.

It was an effective means to boost local exchanges, education, and research cooperation between China and France, and between China and Europe, Zhang said.

The center also served as a model for enhancing cultural exchanges and mutual learning, and promoting the harmonious coexistence and common progress of different civilizations, he added.