Sporting event can 'inspire' French

China's excellent performance in organizing the Paralympics and promoting sports for the disabled will inspire France to work for better integration of disabled people into society, officials with the French delegation said yesterday.

"Just 1 percent of disabled people in France participate in sports, whereas the rate is 23 percent in China," French Secretary of State for Sport Bernard Laporte said at a press conference in Beijing.

"We want to catch up with China."