As France is open to Chinese investments that create jobs, China is expected to open up to French investments and products to further enhance exchanges between the two countries, French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann said on Thursday.

Economic cooperation between China and France is now mainly in sectors including energy, civil aviation as well as innovative sectors such as sustainable urban development, agri-food industry and health, but there are other sectors for the partnership to expand to, the ambassador told the Global Times in a written interview.

France registered last year nearly 26 billion euros ($35.8 billion) of trade deficit with China. This trend cannot keep on going, and the Chinese counterparts perfectly understand this, said the ambassador.

"Our objective is to rebalance our bilateral trade in a positive way," said Bermann, noting that this can be achieved by allowing more Chinese investments to flow into France.

Bermann stated that in late February France adopted five milestone measures to improve the conditions for setting up a business in France for foreign companies, which includes the creation of France International Entrepreneurs, the implementation of a "Skilled people passport" and a 48-hour procedure for long-term business visas.

As France is open to Chinese investments, Bermann calls for China to open up to French investments and products such as wine, agricultural and transformed agri-food products.

Today, China is a top priority for the French government and the partnership unfolds along three axes: political dialogue, bilateral trade as well as economic exchanges and people-to-people exchanges, especially youth exchanges, she said.

Both sides have been intensifying the political dialogue on international issues, and  will work together particularly in preparing the conference of the parties to the UN Convention on climate change in Paris in 2015. France has also been delivering short-term visas for Chinese citizens within 48 hours since the end of January, she emphasized.

The ambassador noted that there are many promising joint projects whose number could increase further should an ambitious agreement be reached on a bilateral investment treaty between the EU and China.

"This is an evolution we would gladly welcome and we are working on it," she said.

Bermann recalled in 1964, the decision by General de Gaulle to recognize the People's Republic of China was a true gamble.  "I don't think we fully realize today the extent of confidence and audacity of this choice, which was made in the midst of the Cold War," she said.

This trust in a common future between two independent powers have propelled the partnership until today, the ambassador noted.