President's speech to shed light on priorities

Xi to focus on EU-China relations during speech at college in Belgium

President Xi Jinping's visit to Europe is an opportune time for China to showcase its "new openness" in diplomatic initiatives, said Jorg Monar, rector of the College of Europe in Bruges.

The main objective of the trip, however, would be to foster more cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and Europe, Monar said. Xi was expected to focus on EU-China relations in the keynote speech that he was to deliver at the college on Tuesday.