Relics bolster ties between China, France

Leaders pen prefaces for Paris display, stressing bilateral cultural exchanges

President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron have respectively written a preface to an exhibition of Chinese cultural relics from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), highlighting the role cultural exchanges play in China-France ties.

The exhibition, titled Tang China — A Cosmopolitan Dynasty (7th-10th Century), was inaugurated at the Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts in Paris on Monday.

Noting that this year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, Xi said that during his visit to France in May, the two sides reached an agreement to hold an exhibition of artifacts from the Tang Dynasty at the museum.