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Summit offers platform for 'strong impact'

The Hamburg Summit on Friday and Saturday takes place at a strategically important time, as Premier Li Keqiang delivers the keynote speech on the second day and relations between China and Europe are closer than ever.

Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe

Initiated by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce in 2004, the Hamburg Summit serves as a platform for dialogue between China and Europe to enhance mutual understanding and improve economic relations.

Commerce chamber smooths investment

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Germany has been helping Chinese companies to tap into the German market and make their voices heard since May 2013, its chairman said.

Premier gives Merkel a puzzle

Premier Li Keqiang gave a traditional Chinese puzzle game called Lu Ban Lock to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday at a bilateral economic and technological forum, saying he hoped the two countries can "solve difficulties with intelligence and expand their future".

Breakthroughs

The Sino-Germany Intergovernmental Consultations, the highest level of negotiations, were established in 2010. They are the only such intergovernmental consultation framework into which the Chinese government has entered with a foreign government.

Tidbits

Beijing smog may clear on Saturday night

"The longest distance in the world," according to one joke making the rounds, "is not between life and death, but when I hold your hand at a crossing in Beijing and I can't see your face."

Govt: only weather stations should publish forecasts

Only meteorological stations would be allowed to release forecasts in China under a draft proposal released by the National Meteorological Administration.

Watchdog steps up fight against fugitive officials

A senior official from China's top anti-graft watchdog vowed on Friday to enhance international cooperation to catch corrupt officials who have fled overseas.

Rescuers take stress off Jinggu dam

Water was being released on Friday from the cracked dam at the reservoir in Jinggu county, reducing the risks of dam failure at the epicenter of the earthquake that struck Yunnan province on Tuesday.