Li Wei, minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), met with Jean Pisani-Ferry, commissioner general of the French Economic Policy Planning (CGSP), and Sylvie-Agnès Bermann, France's ambassador to China, in Beijing on May 21.

They discussed the macroeconomic situation, social security and employment situation in the two countries and exchanged views on potential cooperation between the two institutions.

The French Economic Policy Planning (le Commissariat général à la stratégie et à la prospective in French) was the former Centre for Strategic Analysis.

Sun Lanlan, director-general of the International Cooperation Department of the DRC; Yu Min, director-general of the Department of Macroeconomic Research of the DRC; and Ge Yanfeng, director-general of the Research Department of Social Development of the DRC, participated in the meeting.