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Tax breaks for tech firms in Paris

Paris Region Enterprises, a government-backed French organization that facilitates foreign investment, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau on Friday, aiming to attract more Chinese technology companies to invest and set up offices in the region of Greater Paris. Sabine Enjalbert, managing director of the organization, said that Chinese companies will get tax breaks for research and development.

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