Dr Karine Lisbonne de Vergeron, associate director of the GPI, took part in the first high-level France-China Forum, held on the 30th November in Paris and organised by the France-China Foundation and the Chinese People’s Foreign Policy Institute. Other speakers included: JI Bingxuan, VP of the ANP Standing Committee; JIN Qi, chair of the Silk Road Fund; XIE Zhenhua, China Special Representative on climate change; Laurent FABIUS; Hubert VEDRINE; Brune POIRSON; Pierre Sellal; ZHAI Jun; and KONG Qua.