The "Wonderful Ocean Exploration — Franco-Chinese Month of the Environment Joint Special Exhibition", was unveiled at the Hunan Museum of Geology on October 10, 2024. This was the first exhibition of the Franco-Chinese Month of the Environment held in the central part of China. The exhibition will last for two months and is free to the public.

10月10日,，“奇妙海洋探索——中法環(huán)境月聯(lián)合特展”在湖南省地質博物館開幕,。這是中法環(huán)境月華中地區(qū)首場展覽，展期2個月,，免費對公眾開放,。

Initiated in 2014, the Franco-Chinese Month of the Environment is the only interdisciplinary activity organized by foreign embassies in China around environmental issues. The activity aims to raise the awareness of the whole society on environmental issues, promoting exchanges and cooperation between China and France in environmental protection. The exhibition highlights the relationship between the ocean and climate, the evolution of marine life, and other themes. Through graphic panels and displays of biological specimens, the exhibition allows visitors to enhance their understanding of the ocean and to raise awareness of environmental protection.

據(jù)了解，“中法環(huán)境月”于2014年發(fā)起,，是唯一一個由外國駐華使館圍繞環(huán)境問題在中國各地舉辦的跨學科活動,，旨在提高全社會對環(huán)境問題的認識，促進中法兩國在環(huán)境保護領域的交流合作,。本次展覽圍繞海洋與氣候的關系,、海洋生命的演化等主題展開，通過設置圖文展板,、陳列生物標本等方式,，讓觀眾增進對海洋的了解,，提高環(huán)保意識,。

France was the first major western power to formally establish diplomatic relation with China, said Qiu Aihua, first-level inspector of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and is also designated as the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism. The "Wonderful Ocean Exploration — Franco-Chinese Month of the Environment Joint Special Exhibition" will bolster more extensive communication and collaboration between Hunan and France in various fields, deepening the friendship between the people of China and France.

省委外事辦一級巡視員邱愛華介紹，法國是第一個同中國正式建交的西方大國，今年是中法建交60周年暨中法文化旅游年,。此次“奇妙海洋探索——中法環(huán)境月聯(lián)合特展”將推動湖南與法國在多領域更為廣泛的交流與合作,，加深中法兩國人民的友誼。

Jean-Yves ROUX, the French consul general in Wuhan, remarked that the theme of the 2024 Franco-Chinese Month of the Environment is "Under the same sky". The aim is to raise public awareness of the impact of human activities on the planet, emphasizing that climate change is a matter of common destiny for humankind, and thus calling on the public to take action for environmental protection.

法國駐武漢總領事館總領事胡建誼表示,，本次中法環(huán)境月的主題是“同一片天空下”,，旨在促使公眾意識到人類活動對地球的影響，強調氣候變化關系人類的共同命運,，由此呼吁公眾采取環(huán)保行動,。

In recent years, the Hunan Provincial Department of Natural Resources， along with French collaborators,， has actively carried out exchanges and cooperation in the field of natural resources, achieving fruitful results. They jointly designed the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Green Core Central Park, and promoted the international exchange of minerals and gemstones. Their efforts bring an important opportunity for Hunan to show its achievements in the construction of an ecological civilization, providing an important window for the international communities to understand the ideas and practices of China's construction of an ecological civilization.

近年來,，湖南省自然資源廳與法國同仁在自然資源領域積極開展交流合作，取得了不少成績,，比如聯(lián)袂設計長株潭綠心中央公園,，聯(lián)合促進國際礦物寶石博覽交流等，既為湖南展示生態(tài)文明建設成就提供了重要契機,，也為國際社會了解中國生態(tài)文明建設的理念和實踐提供了重要窗口,。

Li Quansheng, secretary of the CPC Leadership Group and director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Natural Resources, noted that the two sides will take this exhibition as an opportunity to launch closer and more in-depth cooperation in mineral crystal research and ecological protection technology.

湖南省自然資源廳黨組書記、廳長李全勝表示,，雙方將以此次展覽為契機,，在礦物晶體研究、生態(tài)保護技術等方面開展更密切,、更深入的合作,。