On March 29 2006, Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai attended the working lunch held by Giscard d'Estaing, who is the Former President of France and visited China for participation of the 12th Sino-France Economic Seminar. Mr. Bo Xilai highly appraised the remarkable contribution made by Mr. Estaing on development of Sino-France relations and promotion of communication and cooperation among Chinese and French enterprises. The two sides exchanged views on Sino-EU and Sino-France trade and economic cooperation, tendency of global economy and development strategy of Chinese economy. Representatives from more than 20 Chinese and French enterprises took part in the Meeting.

In the afternoon, Minister Bo Xilai accompanied Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan to meet with Valery Giscard d'Estaing and his party