Hollande the shining light in 'star chamber' selfie in Beijing

Alibaba Group founder and CEO Jack Ma, left, chats with French President Francois Hollande, right, at Elysee Palace in Paris in this March 2015 file photo. [Photo/IC]

"It was a breakthrough in China's business diplomacy, because it was the first time Chinese entrepreneurs have had formal talks with a foreign president.

The big issue for us (Chinese businessmen) is to work out ways to help French medium and small enterprises enter the Chinese market.

The Chinese are good at marketing and purchasing but we lack good products, while France is abundant with good products but still looking for a way to access China's market.

Entrepreneurs from both countries need to find a unique pattern to cooperate."

A file photo of Liu Chuanzhi, founder and chairman of Lenovo. [Photo/IC]

"President Hollande impressed me with his warmth. He was very friendly to us Chinese entrepreneurs.

China's reform and opening-up policy has helped free us from old economic frames and China will stick to the policy forever.

We private entrepreneurs have accumulated sound capital and are ready to invest in overseas markets."