French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin left Shanghai Saturday evening, wrapping up his three-day official visit to China.

Raffarin started his tour on Thursday at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao.

During his stay in Beijing, the prime minister held talks with Wen Jiabao and met with Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong. They discussed bilateral cooperation in politics, economy and culture, as well as the Sino-European relationship.

Raffarin and Wen Jiabao also witnessed the signing ceremony of 20 cooperative agreements, which deal with aviation, nuclear energy and agriculture.

As part of the agreements, China and France reached a three-billion-Euro deal, with China promising to buy 30 Airbus planes, including five Airbus A380 and 25 A320 planes.

In addition to Beijing, Raffarin visited Shenyang in northeast China and Shanghai in the east, symbol of Chinese booming economy, and met businesspeople of both countries there.

The French prime minister visited China in April 2003 amid SARS outbreak in the country.

(Xinhua News Agency April 24, 2005)