China-EU ties getting stronger

Two sides set role model of facilitating multilateralism and free trade, experts say

China and the European Union have maintained steady development of bilateral economic relations, adding stability to the global economy, which is shadowed by mounting uncertainties.

In the first five months of this year, the EU remained China's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade volume up 11.7 percent year-on-year to 1.9 trillion yuan ($276 billion), official data showed. Such an amount accounted for 15.7 percent of China's total trade volume in the period.