Cooperation, coordination can outweigh differences

President Xi Jinping's three-nation visit to Europe last month produced tangible fruits and showed that despite any differences that may exist between China and the European Union, they have the common desire to strengthen cooperation.

Thanks to mutual efforts from both sides, China-EU interaction has been displaying good momentum. Over the years, their economic interests have become increasingly intertwined, and people-to-people exchanges have flourished, forming a solid foundation on which bilateral ties have been able to grow and prosper in an all-around way.

In 2018, bilateral trade reached a historical high, surpassing $682 billion, and it is only natural that the two sides should seek to consolidate their trade and economic cooperation since it provides a solid foundation for strengthening their overall relationship, and they have everything to gain from building on the current good momentum in their relations and docking their respective development strategies.