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China airlines sign US$9.7b Airbus deals
(China Daily/Agencies)
Updated: 2005-12-06 05:49
The Chinese delegation, which included the foreign and culture ministers and
several senior officials, also signed accords to boost bilateral co-operation in
agriculture, education and culture.
Undated Airbus
S.A.S illustration handout shows an Airbus A320.
[AFP] | In a nod to the growing importance of
relations with China, Villepin used the opportunity of a joint media conference
with Wen to denounce an EU arms embargo imposed on China in 1989 as an
"anachronism."
"It does not reflect the reality of our relations with China, nor the
strategic partnership we are building with it," he said, adding that France will
continue to work for it to be lifted.
Wen, who earlier met President Jacques Chirac, pledged to push forward the
Sino-French comprehensive strategic partnership established in 1997 by expanding
common ground and strengthening co-operation.
The Chinese premier, who arrived in Paris for an
official visit on Sunday, was to meet representatives from the French employers'
federation MEDEF later yesterday.
Undated handout
photo from Airbus shows the cockpit of an Airbus A320. China signed its
biggest-ever deal with Airbus, ordering 150 of the European company's
mid-range planes, worth nearly 10 billion dollars, during a visit to
France by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. [AFP/Airbus]
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He is scheduled to deliver a speech at elite university Ecole Polytechnique
today before going to the southern city of Marseille to visit the Eurocopter
factory and then view the nearby site of the experimental nuclear fusion reactor
ITER, in which China is a partner. Wen leaves France tomorrow to continue his
European tour with visits to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Portugal.
China in deal with Eurocopter to develop new helicopter
PARIS (AFP) - China signed a cooperation deal with the European helicopter
manufacturer Eurocopter for the development of a new civil aircraft.
The deal was signed in Paris during a visit to France by Chinese Prime
Minister Wen Jiabao.
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