EU-China Summit
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The EU and China will hold their 13th Summit on Wednesday 6 October 2010 at the Council's Justus Lispius building in Brussels At the Summit, the EU will be represented by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. The People's Republic of China will be represented by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
This Summit will provide an opportunity to strengthen the strategic dialogue between the EU and China and to discuss a number of issues, in particular:
global issues, global governance, climate change, energy;
political dialogue, economic, trade and investments questions as well as innovation, cultural cooperation and the promotion of people-topeople contacts,
regional and international issues such as recent developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan or non-proliferation.
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For more information see factsheet EU-China Summit
A press conference will be held at 17.15. It can be watched live on Council webcast and on EbS
For downloads in broadcast quality: TV Newsroom
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The European Union is committed to pursuing its engagement in China and to strengthening its partnership with the country.
The first EU-China Summit took place in 1998, in London (during the UK Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the EU). Ever since, they have been held on an annual basis, alternating between Beijing and the country currently hosting the EU Presidency. They are attended by the Chinese Prime Minister and other relevant Ministers and, for the EU, by the President of the Council of Ministers, the President of the European Commission and the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, as well as other relevant Ministers and European Commissioners.
In recent years, Joint Statements have been issued, setting out agreed policy positions on a wide range of bilateral, regional and international/ global issues.
In January 2007, negotiations were launched on a new EU-China Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), intending to reflect the full breadth and depth of the EU China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.