Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong met French Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire and his delegation on December 2.

Ying congratulated Maire on the successful closing and the achievements of the 5th Sino-France Economic and Financial Dialogue. He said the top leaders of China and France have made more and more exchanges and the cooperation between the two countries is ever deepening.

Shanghai is working hard to achieve its goal of building itself into a global center of economy, finance, trade, and shipping center by 2020, Ying said. It is also building its technology and innovation center, he added.