In April 2023, President Macron paid a state visit to China. During his meeting with French President Macron, President Xi Jinping noted that 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France and the Year of Culture and Tourism between China and France. The two sides will take the full restart of people-to-people exchanges between the two countries as an opportunity to promote exchanges in various fields, including culture, education, language, publishing, film and television, tourism, localities and youth. President Macron said at the opening ceremony of the 17th “Sino-French Cultural Spring” that the two countries will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2024, and that the two sides will organize many wonderful cultural exchange activities this year and next year in order to continuously enhance the friendship between the two peoples.