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china news service, beijing, october 3 (reporter wu xinru) "one of china's distinctive features is its outstanding capabilities, rapid response, and ability to quickly adapt to environmental changes. now is a critical moment for china to transform into a high-tech country, and it should make every effort to develop the future. technology field.”

recently, hervé machenaud, former executive vice president of edf and academician of the french national academy of technology, introduced his views on china's economic development and nuclear power industry construction in an interview.

video: academician of the french national academy of technical sciences: china has entered a critical moment of transformation into a high-tech country | my chinese memory source: china news network

china has a leading advantage in the global nuclear energy industry

in the 1980s, edf, as the overall technical leader, participated in the design, construction and operation of the guangdong daya bay nuclear power station, china's first large-scale nuclear power project. ma shilu also embarked on his first trip to china with the working group to china. since then, he has personally participated in the close cooperation between china and france in the field of nuclear power for decades, and has become an important witness of the friendly exchanges between china and france.

in his view, edf is a good mentor and helpful friend for the development of china's energy and power fields. to this day, edf's cooperation with china continues, but now china has largely surpassed its predecessors and has made huge developments in this field.

as an expert in the field of nuclear power, ma shilu has been paying close attention to the development of related industries in china. he was amazed by china's use of technological means such as "digital twins" to digitally model equipment and buildings to simplify the subsequent actual construction process.

ma shilu firmly believes that nuclear energy is very likely to develop on a large scale around the world in the next few decades. he believes that with this leading advantage, china is bound to play a pivotal role and become the center of global nuclear energy knowledge and technology transfer. he also hopes that france can benefit from it.

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china enters a critical moment of transformation into a high-tech country

in 2000, ma shilu settled down in china with his wife, cositing jiayue, the french vice chairman of the sino-french cultural forum. talking about his first impression of china, he said he was both surprised and attracted. what impressed him most was his interactions with the chinese people. “once we established relationships with the chinese, they always showed great concern for us, which moved us deeply.”

when talking about china's economic development, he praised its strong ability and flexibility to quickly adapt to environmental changes. this french friend, who has lived in china for decades, has witnessed from a first-hand perspective the solid progress of china's industrialization since the reform and opening up. "in just a few decades, china has become the 'world's factory', producing many industrial products around the world. this not only promotes china's own rapid development, but also benefits the world."

he pointed out that in the field of renewable energy, china occupies a pivotal position in terms of technology and technology and has become an innovation leader at the forefront. now is a critical moment for china to transform into a high-tech country. china should make every effort to develop future science and technology fields and focus on cutting-edge science and technology fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, self-driving cars, and flying cars.

as china transforms into a global technological power, it will assume the important task of leading and promoting the common development of all countries around the world. he also hopes that by enhancing mutual understanding and strengthening ties, france and china can conduct more extensive and in-depth exchanges and cooperation. (over).

source: china news network