Moving forward together

Time right for improved policy coordination and stronger strategic cooperation between China and Europe

This year, China-EU relations are off to a very good start with a series of important events.

Vice-Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Spain, Germany and the UK at the beginning of the year reinforced bilateral ties between China and key European Union member states. People-to-people exchanges between China and Europe will also be strengthened as we launched our first thematic year event, the EU-China Year of Youth, in Brussels on January 11 and Beijing on Feb 23. We are expecting a number of high-level visits during the first half of the year and I have high confidence that China-EU relations will record new progress in 2011.