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EU relations with China were established in 1975 and are governed by the 1985 EU-China Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The EU is China’s biggest trading partner, while China is the EU’s largest source of imports and second largest two-way trading partner. To reflect the depth and breadth of their Strategic Partnership, the EU and China decided in 2010 to upgrade their bilateral relations on foreign affairs, security matters and global challenges such as climate change, the recovery of the global economy, etc.

Annual summits and regular political, trade and economic dialogues are held, including over 50 sectoral dialogues pdf - 18 KB [18 KB] and agreements, ranging from environmental protection to industrial policy, education or culture. Human rights are discussed as part of regular political dialogue as well as during specific Human Rights dialogues held biannually since 1995.

The main objectives of EU policy towards China, reflected in EU assistance to China are to: 

- engage China further, bilaterally and on the world stage, through an upgraded political dialogue.

- support China's transition to an open society based upon the rule of law and respect for human rights.

- encourage the integration of China in the world economy through bringing it fully into the world trading system, and supporting the process of economic and social reform

- raise the EU's profile in China.

 

Vice-President Keqiang with European Council President Van Rompuy  

  Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang in Brussels 
  3 May 2012

 

 

 

Herman Van Rompuy and Wen Jiabao  14th EU-China Summit 
  Beijing, 14 February 2014

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  • 03/05/2012  - 
    2 12015 1 Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang in Brussels Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang in Brussels /china/visit_keqiang_en.htm 05/03/2012 00:00:00 07/03/2008 00:00:00 05/03/2012 00:00:00 nulldate 2012050300 0901262488126017 N 09012624881ca44a /china/visit_keqiang_en.htm 5620 xml Y /china/visit_keqiang_en.htm 1 /china/visit_keqiang_en.htm /china/visit_keqiang_zz.htm N ID_INTERNAL N N
    Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang in Brussels
  • 02/02/2011  - 
    125 12015 1 Engaging China on Climate Change Conference Engaging China on Climate Change Conference /china/climateconf/index_en.htm 02/02/2011 00:00:00 02/01/2011 00:00:00 02/02/2011 00:00:00 nulldate 2011020200 European External Action Service 09012624858f9c75 N 0901262486e87ffb /china/climateconf/index_en.htm 14924 xml Y /china/climateconf/index_en.htm 1 /china/climateconf/index_en.htm /china/climateconf/index_zz.htm N ID_INTERNAL N N
    Engaging China on Climate Change Conference
  • 06/10/2010  -  EU-China summit

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