他是中法关系“黄金十年”的倡导者和创造者之一，1995年第一次当选法国总统后，就以政治家的战略眼光推动中法关系快速发展。
He is one of the advocates of and creators of the "Golden decade" of Sino-French relations; after being elected president of France for the first time in 1995, he used his position as a politician and his strategic vision to promote the rapid development of Sino-French relations.