To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France and the China-France Cultural Tourism Year, the exhibition “The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles: Exchanges between China and France in the 17th and 18th Centuries” is set to open at the Palace Museum from April 2 to June 30. The exhibition showcases over 200 exquisite cultural relics such as scientific instruments, clocks, enamelware, porcelain, paintings, and books collected by museums in China and France. It demonstrates the fascination of the French nobility and bureaucracy with Chinese artworks, as well as the reciprocal artistic influence.