Leaders’ first offline meeting in four years
The China-EU leaders’ meeting began in 1998 and is a high-level platform for strategic communication between China and the EU. Tomorrow’s summit will be the first offline China-EU leaders’ meeting in four years. Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will co-chair this China-EU leaders’ meeting with European Council Presidents Charles Michel and von der Leyen. At that time, President Xi Jinping will also meet with Michel and von der Leyen. The leaders of both sides will have in-depth exchanges on strategic issues in China-EU relations, trade affairs, and global issues such as Russia-Ukraine and the war in the Middle East.
On the eve of the summit, the “China-EU Partnership Dialogue to Shape New Momentum for Green Development” was held in Beijing. China News Service reported that facing more than 100 representatives of Chinese and European business organizations and business associations who were having a dialogue in Beijing, Li Chunlin expressed the hope that European companies would promote green as the most distinctive background of China-EU cooperation, and work more closely with Chinese partners to explore more New business and new formats, and play a good role as a bridge for dialogue between China and Europe partners. China will unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world, strive to resolve the business concerns of foreign-funded enterprises in China, continue to create a first-class business environment for foreign-invested enterprises, including European companies, and support the achievement of better and greater development.
Jens Eskelund, Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, said in his speech that it is impossible to solve the problem of climate change without establishing a strong cooperative relationship with China. Yanci pointed out that European companies hope to get closer to China and cooperate with China, which provides a strong argument for deepening comprehensive cooperation between Europe and China. At the same time, Europe also has a lot to learn from China when it comes to green technology.
Wang Yi: The summit draws a blueprint for China-EU relations
According to Xinhua News Agency, the day before yesterday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met collectively with envoys from the EU and member states stationed in China in Beijing. Wang Yi said that China-EU relations are showing a good trend of comprehensive recovery and stability and improvement. The China-EU leaders’ meeting will be held soon to have in-depth exchanges on strategic and global issues in China-EU relations, so as to guide the direction, draw a blueprint, and boost confidence in China-EU relations. Increase motivation. Both sides should work together to ensure that the meeting is a complete success.
Before leaving for China, von der Leyen said in an interview with Agence France-Presse on the 5th that the EU has the tools to protect its own market, but it prefers to resolve problems through negotiations. Von der Leyen emphasized that Europe is not trying to “decouple” from China, but to “de-risk” the bilateral relationship that has become too tilted to one side.
“As time goes by, European leaders will not tolerate imbalances in trade relations. We have the tools to protect our markets.” But she also said: “But we would rather negotiate a solution. For example, if these options are discussed now, if China After careful consideration, I think it is also in their interest.”
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2023-12-05 21:00:00
