Beijing Mayor Liu
Qi met Oct.22 with Thierry Breton, chairman of the French Thomson
Group, and said Beijing is seeking more cooperation with foreign
companies in broader fields.
Liu said the electronic
information industry has been set as a priority development
area in the city during the capital's 10th Five-Year Plan
period. Beijing is willing to work in close cooperation with
world-famous information industry companies like Thomson,
he added.
Breton, who is
accompanying French president Jacques Rene Chirac on a China
tour, promised that his company would invest more in Beijing,
especially in participating in the development of Beijing's
information industry.
(Xinhua 10/23/2000)
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