European race

France has a long history, developed science and technology, and a high level of medium - and long-term science and technology planning.Overall, France has world-leading levels of technology development,especially in the fields of nuclear power, aerospace, agriculture, medical treatment and biology. France is China's third largest trading partner, third largest source of actual investment and third largest technology importing country in the EU. China is France's largest trading partner in Asia and the sixth largest in the world.
Paris, the capital and largest city of France, is also the political, economic, cultural and commercial center of France, one of the five international metropolises in the world, and is ranked as an Alpha+ first tier city in the world by GaWC.
The Paris region is a cultural metropolis with rich knowledge, a high-tech city laboratory, and the source of economic power of France. Its GDP accounts for 31.2% of the national total, its labor force accounts for 23.3% of the whole of France, and its researchers account for 40.5% of the total number of people in the country. The GDP of Paris region (in billions of euros) ranks first among the 28 EU countries. Paris region is the most concentrated European region of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, corporate headquarters, small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative start-ups and world-class competitiveness clusters. It facilitates active exchanges and is the most popular international conference venue in the world.
The Paris region is famous for its strong expertise and technology in key markets of services and industries. As a global leader in financial services, aerospace and national defense, and a pioneer in new transportation, new space, intelligent building, clean technology and green energy, Paris region's research achievements in health and life sciences are also recognized on the world stage.
The core strategy of Paris is to further strengthen innovation and the development of knowledge-based industries. At present, Station F, the world's largest incubator, is located in Paris, with tens of thousands of start-ups, and is also one of the regions with the lowest failure rate of entrepreneurship in Europe. In addition, there are high-quality startup centers such as Anticafe(the largest joint office cafe in Europe), Kwerk, Deskopolitan and NUMA.