Paris, France - March 26, 2019 (Pool - No access Chinese mainland/No archive)
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
2. Xi (L2), Macron (R2), Merkel (R1), Juncker (L1) posing for photos
3. Various of Xi sitting down with Macron, Merkel, Juncker
4. Xi delivering speech
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President:
"China will continue to stay on the path of reform and opening-up as the four-decade reform and opening up have brought great changes to the country. We covered the journey of industrialization in 40 years which took developed countries 300 years to complete. We need to keep forging ahead and go on with our opening-up efforts. At the same time, we should adapt ourselves to the new circumstances and further expand opening-up. China supports necessary reforms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in order to better build a more open world economy, to safeguard the multilateral trading system, and to guide the healthier development of the global economy."
6. Audience listening
7. Chinese officials listening
8. Macron speaking

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China will continue to carry out reform and opening-up that has greatly changed China.

Xi made the remarks when delivering a speech at the closing ceremony of the Global Governance Forum along with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

"China will continue to stay on the path of reform and opening-up as the four-decade reform and opening up have brought great changes to the country. We covered the journey of industrialization in 40 years which took developed countries 300 years to complete. We need to keep forging ahead and go on with our opening-up efforts. At the same time, we should adapt ourselves to the new circumstances and further expand opening-up. China supports necessary reforms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in order to better build a more open world economy, to safeguard the multilateral trading system, and to guide the healthier development of the global economy," Xi said.

In his speech, Xi also said cooperation has been a "mainstream" feature of China-Europe relations, and any differences that do arise are benign and stem from competition.

Macron called on both the EU and China to strengthen their support for multilateralism.

France is the last leg of Xi's three-nation European tour that has taken him to Italy and Monaco.