(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-04 18:19

BEIJING - Chinese vice premier Zhang Dejiang on Friday spoke highly of the important role played by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) in relations between China and Europe.

Zhang made the remarks in a meeting with Marwan Lahoud, chief operating officer with the EADS, a global leading group in aerospace, defence and related service.

Zhang applauded the cooperative partnership between the group's Airbus and Air China, hoping that the two sides would further expand cooperation in various fields, in a bid to push for the business relations between China and Europe.

Lahoud said that the EADS attached great importance to developing the Chinese market, with confidence in China's sustainable economic growth.