On Nov 6, 2025, the Prince Kung's Palace Museum and Chateau de Chantilly of France signed a cooperation agreement in Beijing, marking a new milestone in Sino-French cultural exchange.
The signing ceremony was attended by Jean-Paul Mulot, vice-president of the Hauts-de-France region; Anne Miller, general manager of Chateau de Chantilly; Feng Nai'en, director and Party secretary of Prince Kung's Palace Museum; Kong Lun, deputy director-general of the Bureau of International Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; and Chen Xiaowen and Su Ning, deputy directors of Prince Kung's Palace Museum.
Located near Paris, Chateau de Chantilly is a jewel of French heritage, celebrated for its Renaissance-style chateau, precious medieval collections and expansive classical gardens.
In recent years, Prince Kung's Palace Museum has actively advanced cultural exchange initiatives under its Culture Going Global program. Through themed exhibitions such as The Scholar's Study in Four Seasons and Anshan Cuijin: A Glimpse of the Prince's Aesthetic World, as well as events including the Prince Kung's Palace Fashion Show and the Fortune Has Arrived Chinese New Year series, the museum has shared the enduring elegance and contemporary vitality of Oriental aesthetics across Latvia, France, Singapore, the United States and Switzerland.
Notably, the Prince Kung's Palace Fashion Show graced the stage in Paris in 2023 and 2024, serving as a bridge for dialogue between Eastern and Western aesthetics. It was through these creative exchanges that Prince Kung's Palace Museum and Chateau de Chantilly established communication, gradually exploring paths of inter-museum collaboration that laid a solid foundation for this newly signed agreement.
In his address, Director Feng Nai'en emphasized that the two institutions will deepen cooperation in heritage preservation, digitalization of collections, academic research and cultural tourism promotion, jointly exploring new models for the inheritance and innovation of civilization.
Anne Miller, general manager of Chateau de Chantilly, remarked that the agreement embodies the sincere friendship between the two sides and stands as a strong testament to Sino-French friendship, which will further promote in-depth cooperation in culture and tourism.
Jean-Paul Mulot, vice-president of the Hauts-de-France region, noted that both sides, guided by their profound cultural heritage and shared values, will continue to inspire each other and together write a lasting chapter in the dialogue between Chinese and French civilizations.
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