Storyline: French President Emmanuel Macron met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday, pledging to jointly promote multilateralism and strengthen coordination against hegemonic conflicts and bloc confrontation. During their meeting at the Elysee Palace, Macron asked Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, to convey his best wishes and friendly regards to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Macron noted that France and China share a broad consensus on numerous important issues, including advocating multilateralism and adhering to international laws. France and China, both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, bear even greater responsibilities as today's world is facing challenges of growing uncertainty and unpredictability. The French side looks forward to strengthening policy coordination with China on international economic, financial, and global governance issues, jointly addressing global challenges, injecting more vitality into multilateralism, and preventing the world from falling into hegemonic conflicts and bloc confrontations, Macron said. He expressed hope to visit China again at an appropriate time. Wang said that China is willing to strengthen strategic communication and united cooperation with France, jointly practice multilateralism, oppose unilateral bullying, and resist bloc confrontations, so as to inject more certainty and predictability into a world of change and turmoil, promote equal and orderly multi-polarization and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind. China is willing to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with France and hopes that the French side will provide a more favorable and fair environment for Chinese enterprises to invest and operate in France, he said. The two sides also exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis, the Gaza situation, the Iranian nuclear issue, and other topics. On the same day, Wang co-chaired the 7th meeting of the China-France high-level dialogue mechanism on people-to-people exchanges with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris. Shotlist: Paris, France - July 4, 2025: 1. Elysee Palace exterior 2. Photos of French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shaking hands, posing for photos 3. Various of national flag of France, flag of European Union 4. Various Elysee Palace, guards FILE: Paris, France - Date Unknown: 5. Various of traffic Paris, France - July 4, 2025: 6. Wang, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, officials of both sides posing for photos 7. Various of 7th meeting of China-France high-level dialogue mechanism on people-to-people exchanges in progress 8. National flags of China, France, flag of European Union. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]