The Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau, the director of Chambord Pierre Dubreuil, the CEO of the ZooParc de Beauval Rodolphe Delord, Loir-et-Cher were well represented Monday evening at the state dinner given at the Palais de l’Élysée in the part of the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Rodolphe Delord was able to exchange a few words with Emmanuel Macron’s host and the members of his delegation. There was obviously talk of Huan Huan and Yuan Zi. Last year, he returned from a state trip to China with the extension of the panda loan until 2027. Negotiations for the future have already begun and the boss of Beauval confides that they are in progress. very good way. He hopes for a signing sometime in 2026. ” I’m not worried “, he adds. “Relations between China and France are in good shape. »
Not far from Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping, Rodolphe Delord was seated alongside the director Luc Besson and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné at the table called Huang He (Yellow River).
Rodolphe Delord on the steps of the Elysée.
© Photo provided by Rodolphe Delord
Pierre Dubreuil was at the Adour table. “French gastronomy was in the spotlight”, underlines the director of the Domaine national de Chambord, happy with his evening. Its plan to expand the partnership signed in 2014 with the former Summer Palace in Beijing is on track. “Until 2019, we welcomed around 30,000 Chinese visitors each year. The figure fell to zero with Covid and now we are back at 5,000 with a good margin of progress ahead of us. In any case, our goal is not to bring a large number of coaches. We aim for quality tourism and that is why we are positioned on high-end cultural exchanges. »
Pierre Dubreuil is expected to go to China by the end of the year to sign a new agreement which could lead to the organization of cross-exhibitions with major Chinese tourist sites.
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