On the afternoon of May 6, 2024 local time, Madame Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping visited upon invitation the Orsay Museum with Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris.

Brigitte warmly greeted Peng Liyuan at the gate of the museum. The wives of the two heads of state entered the museum and viewed the exhibition "Paris 1874 Inventing Impressionism" and the museum's masterpiece oil paintings. They stopped from time to time to appreciate Impressionist masterpieces by Claude Monet, Van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and other famous painters, and exchanged their feelings and thinking.

Noting that both the Chinese and French people love the art of painting very much, Peng Liyuan expressed her hope that the two sides could carry out more exchanges so that the two peoples could feel the charm of each other's cultures and deepen mutual understanding. Peng also expressed the hope that artists of the two countries will strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, and inspire each other to create more exquisite works of art.

In the hall of the museum, the wives of the two heads of state had cordial exchanges with French students who were visiting and studying there. The students shared their experiences of learning Chinese and expressed their love for Chinese culture. Peng Liyuan encouraged them to work hard to learn Chinese well, study in China when they have the opportunities, and visit as many places in China as possible, so that they can get a true and multi-dimensional view of the country. Peng expressed her hope that the students will become little envoys of China-France friendship and build a bridge of communication between the two peoples so that China-France friendship will be passed on from generation to generation.

Founded in 1986, the Orsay Museum is a French national museum that houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks in the world.