During Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to France, the CNIPA, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of the French Republic and the National Institute of Origin and Quality, renewed the Protocol for Cooperation between the CNIPA of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of the French Republic and the National Institute of Origin and Quality on Agricultural and Food Geographical Indications.

(Source: website of the CNIPA)