On April 5, 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron attended the opening ceremony of the 17th edition of Festival Croisements in Beijing. He recommended the film Notre-Dame on Fire directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, which was premiered on the Chinese mainland on April 7.
“It is indeed a great honour for me to receive this ‘Guangdong Friendship Award’,” said Nicholas You, adviser of the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation, in an interview with GDToday. “It is partially in recognition of 10 years of work with the Guangzhou Award for urban innovation.”