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Full Text of Joint Statement of the 10th China-EU Summit (6) |
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08:12, December 04, 2007 |
45. Leaders underlined that facilitating people-to-people exchanges and combating illegal migration remained a priority for both sides. Leaders also discussed issues of readmission and visa facilitation. They reiterated their willingness to open negotiations on issues of their respective concern and agreed to start concrete cooperation on related issues as soon as possible. Leaders also welcomed significant progress in the implementation of the tourism agreement (ADS) and encouraged the further intensification of cooperation.
46. Leaders agreed to speedily initiate the meeting mechanism of China-EU on youth affairs at ministerial level.
Leaders supported and encouraged the enhancement of exchanges and cooperation between scholars and think tanks of the two sides. The EU and China emphasised their commitment to strengthen China-EU academic cooperation and exchanges by further stimulating the participation of their academic institutions, students and scholars in the Erasmus Mundus programme External Cooperation Window and Chinese Government Scholarship Programme (EU Window). The EU welcomed the launch of the China- EU Language Exchange Project ( EU Window).
Both sides welcomed the Joint Declaration on education and vocational training which was signed in October 2007 and which will set the basis for a structured policy dialogue that will allow for regular exchanges of best practice, reviews of policy developments and challenge, and promoting knowledge-building and sharing on horizontal and sectoral issues of common interest for the European Community and China.
Leaders welcomed the cooperation on establishing a Europe-China School of Law in China.
The leaders welcomed the successful launch of the China-Europe Business Management Training Project.
47. The Leaders welcomed the progress in the EU-China development co-operation programme. The two sides noted with satisfaction that the recently finalised Multiannual Indicative Programme for 2007-2010 makes 128 million euro available, from the EC budget, for support in areas covered by sectoral dialogues, the environment, energy and climate change and human resources development.
Source: Xinhua
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