French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, starting his fourth state visit to China. Over 61 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, the two nations have engaged in extensive cooperation across culture, economy and people-to-people exchanges.

Quentin Foucque is an artist from Marseille, France. Foucque was born in 1987, the very year his hometown of Marseille and Shanghai became sister cities. In 2010, after a two-week holiday in Shanghai, he fell deeply in love with the city. In his eyes, Shanghai is a metropolis brimming with vitality and opportunity, futuristic and dazzling with neon lights.