Chinese president calls for enhanced dialogue with EU

Chinese President Hu Jintao said in Beijing on Friday that he hoped China and the European Union (EU) would enhance its dialogue and consultation to ensure the healthy and stable development of the China-EU all-round strategic partnership.

Video: Hu Jintao meets Barroso to boost ties

China, EU start up high-level economic,trade dialogue

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao noted that mutual benefits between the two sides greatly outweigh the contradictions and differences, and with respect and trust, the China-EU relationship would have to be further developed. (Video)

EU leader Barroso visits China with large delegation at special time

EU reiterates support for China's territorial integrity

China proposes three principles to boost China-EU relations

Chinese State Councilor meets EU Commissioners

Senior CPC official meets EU Commissioner on external relations

Interview: China-EU trade talks

Backgrounder: the creation of a High Level Economic and Trāade Mechanism was proposed by the Chinese and agreed at the EU-China Summit in Beijing in November 2007.

First Talks Fruitful

The European Union (EU) and China have achieved concrete results, visiting EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Beijing on Friday after his talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. (More)

Mandelson: protectionism not a priority for trade issues

European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Friday that trade defense was not his priority to have fair trade, instead it was exploiting opportunities for openness for both sides. (More)


China, EU plan to store carbon dioxide underground

Abandoned oil fields in Bohai Bay or the southern marine areas may be used to store carbon dioxide captured from the āatmosphere in a Sino-European project to reduce greenhouse gases.(More)

EU-China team up on non-food products

China is creating a national rapid alert system for non-food products (RAPEX) to enhance EU-China information exchange and the seizure of substandard consumer products.(More)

EUCCC values Chinese market

 

A Review of China-EU Trade

The EU is China's largest partner for economic, trade, scientific and technological cooperation. For EU, China is the second largest trading partner and the fastest growing export market in the world. And EU is China's fourth biggest source of foreign direct investment. (Facts and figures)

Premier Wen: More opportunities await EU businesses in China

European businesses will find themselves with more opportunities in the Chinese market in the coming decade, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday when addressing the 4th China-EU Business Summit. (More)


Mandelson: progress made on EU-China high level mechanism

The European Union expressed its commitment to China's success in which lies Europe's “overriding interest”. It is ready and confident to take a “cooperative approach” to addressing trade issues between EU and China.(more)

China-EU trade negotiations move on

China and the European Union have made progress and expect more to achieve to build a better, more comprehensive legal framework to further boost the trade relations between the two major trading partners in the next twenty to thirty years.(More)

China-EU multi-modal shipping pact takes effect March 1

China and the European Union (EU) will give each other unrestricted maritime market access as a result of the EU-China Maritime Transport Agreement, which is set to come into force on Saturday. (More)

China opens online textile export license system as pact with EU nears expiry

A new online textile export license system began operation in China on Tuesday, just days before a quota system for shipments to the European Union (EU) is to expire.(More)

EU, China agree to end textile quotas

The European Union (EU) has agreed with China to end quota restrictions on Chinese textile imports with a joint surveillance system to monitor the trade flow in 2008, the European Commission said on Tuesday.(More)

The economic and trade module of the 10th China-EU Summit

During the 10th China-EU Summit in Beijing on November 28,2007, Chinese President Hu Jintao highlighted three priorities in which he thought China and EU should make joint efforts.(More)

Premier Wen: China aims at overall trade balance

China is not intentionally pursuing a trade surplus but is aiming for an overall balance of trade, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday told a China-EU Business Summit.(More)

Chinese premier raises proposal for promoting China-EU economic co-op

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday set out a five-point proposal for strengthening China-European Union (EU) cooperation in trade and economy.(More)

Interview: EU Ambassador to China about the EU-China Summit and the partnership

The European Union believes it is a mature partnership with Chāina on more equal footing compared with the "honeymoon" period. (More)

Interview: Chinese Ambassador says China-EU summit to have far-reaching impact

The summit between leaders of China and the European Union (EU), scheduled for next week in Beijing, will have a far-reaching impact on the development of China's ties with the 27-nation bloc, China's EU Ambassador Guan Chengyuan said. (More)

European firms believe China willing to fulfill WTO commitments

Many European companies believed that the Chinese government is willing to fulfill its vows to the Word Trade Organization (WTO), and they are optimistic about investment in China, according to a survey released on Thursday ahead of top-level talks between China and the European Union scheduled next week. (More)

EU Ambassador to China: Summit to enhance cooperation

EU Ambassador: EU, China in good position for more intensive co-op

Full text of Joint Statement of the 10th China-EU Summit