France and China have agreed to “expand pragmatic cooperation” in nuclear energy, according to a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry following an official visit of French president Emmanuel Macron to the Asian country earlier this week.

The foreign ministry quoted China’s president Xi Jinping as saying one of four areas where the two countries will work together is “strengthening traditional partnerships” in aeronautics, space and civil nuclear energy, and wider cooperation in emerging fields including the green economy, the digital economy, biomedicine and artificial intelligence.

The French president’s office said that the goal of Macron’s visit was to deepen the Franco-Chinese relationship in economic, trade, cultural and educational matters.