Xi made the remarks when meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing.
Wuhan, the provincial capital and the city hardest hit by the outbreak, is not included in the project as it has already received more than 11,000 medical personnel nationwide in past weeks.
Wuhan aims to attract one million graduates during the next five years to work in the city after graduation.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.
Xi said that great changes have taken place in the international situation, but the China-France relations have always kept developing on a high level and in a sound and stable way.
Xi Jinping re-elected general secretary, stresses plan to guide China through the 'Two Centenary Goals' and beyond
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XCMG employees work on an assembly line in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, on Thursday. [Photo by Yang Bo/China News Service]
Xi also stressed the importance of enhancing law-enforcement cooperation, fighting terrorists and cross-border crimes and jointly supporting multilateralism and free trade.
Xi made the remarks while meeting with Vincent Siew, honorary chairman of the Taiwan-based Cross-Strait Common Market Foundation, at Boao, Hainan province on the sidelines of the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia annual conference on Tuesday.
Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang admitted on Monday that the local government failed to disclose information in a reasonable time frame in the early stages of the novel coronavirus epidemic.