Constructive consultations

Deeper practical cooperation, new thinking and new measures needed to further consolidate the comprehensive strategic partnership

The 15th China-EU Summit, due to start on Sept 20 in Brussels, will be the second of its kind this year and the 10th China-EU Summit to be attended by Premier Wen Jiabao. It will be an important meeting during which the two sides will seek to build on past achievements and work toward new ones.

Since its launch in 1998, the China-EU annual summit has played a strategically important role as the top-level political dialogue mechanism between the two sides. Especially since 2003, when it was decided at the sixth summit that China and the European Union would forge a comprehensive strategic partnership, China-EU relations have made rapid progress.