Growing cooperation the trend

During his trip to Europe, President Xi Jinping has attended the Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands and delivered a speech about the Chinese Dream in the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Paris, France, and he has also visited several European countries with his wife Peng Liyuan.

The trip promises a bright future for relations between China and the EU, relations that won't be clouded by their disagreements on certain issues, says a column in Beijing Youth Daily.

There have been disagreements between China and the European Union over the past decade. Efforts to lift the EU's arms embargo on China have met opposition from some countries citing human rights concerns, and there have been trade frictions over sales of Chinese solar panels in the EU. Leaders of some major EU countries also made moves detrimental to good relations, such as meeting the Dalai Lama, to woo political support from voters.