On December 7, 2023, President Xi Jinping met at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse with European Council President Michel and European Commission President von der Leyen, who were in China for the 24th China-EU Leaders’ Meeting.
Xi Jinping pointed out that since the end of last year, China-EU relations have shown a good momentum of consolidation and development, and high-level dialogues in the strategic, economic and trade, green, and digital fields have achieved fruitful results, which is in line with the interests of both sides and the expectations of the people. China and Europe are the two major forces promoting multipolarity, the two major markets that support globalization, and the two major civilizations that advocate diversity. In the current international situation of increasing turmoil, China-EU relations have strategic significance and global influence, and are related to world peace and stability. ,Prosperity. Both sides have the responsibility to jointly provide more stability to the world and provide more impetus for development.
Xi Jinping emphasized that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the EU. Both sides should sum up historical experience, grasp the general trend of the world, and adhere to the correct positioning of the comprehensive strategic partnership. Both sides should consolidate their political foundation, insist on viewing each other from a strategic perspective, give full play to the leading role of leaders’ meetings and five high-level dialogues, strengthen strategic communication, enhance understanding and properly handle differences through constructive dialogue. Both sides should establish a correct understanding, enhance understanding and mutual trust, value trust and justice, and develop relations wholeheartedly. They should not regard each other as opponents because of different systems, should not reduce cooperation because of competition, and should not engage in confrontation because of differences. The economies of China and Europe are highly complementary, and both sides should do more to tighten the bonds of China-EU community of interests through deeper and broader cooperation. China’s economic growth maintains a steady and positive momentum. China is promoting high-quality development and high-level opening up, and is willing to regard the EU as a key partner in economic and trade cooperation, a priority partner in scientific and technological cooperation, and a trusted partner in industrial and supply chain cooperation to pursue mutual benefit and win-win results and achieve common development. Both sides should strengthen the complementarity of market, capital and technological advantages, promote the upgrading of traditional industries and the development of emerging industries, explore new models of cooperation, create new growth points, and work together to improve the industrial and supply chains. Both sides should also strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and facilitate personnel exchanges.
Xi Jinping emphasized that Chinese-style modernization and European integration are strategic choices made by China and Europe each with an eye on the future. China and Europe should respect and support each other, strengthen the docking of development strategies, and achieve common development. The Belt and Road Initiative is an open platform that has brought tangible benefits to more than 150 countries and people in the world. Gifts of roses, hand a fragrance. China is willing to continue to promote high-quality joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, including docking with the EU’s “Global Gateway” plan, and work together to help developing countries accelerate their development. The two sides should strengthen communication and coordination within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations and the G20, adhere to multilateralism, oppose confrontation between camps, promote political solutions to international and regional hot issues, and conduct dialogue and cooperation on major issues related to the future of mankind such as artificial intelligence. , and contribute to improving the well-being of all mankind and responding to global challenges.
Michel and von der Leyen said that the EU and China are two major forces in the world and are each other’s important economic and trade partners, with increasingly broad areas of cooperation. EU-China cooperation is mutually beneficial and equal. Managing and developing EU-China relations well is directly related to the interests of the people on both sides, and is also related to the prosperity and security of the world. The EU attaches great importance to its relations with China and does not want to decouple from China. It looks forward to developing a long-term, stable, predictable and sustainable relationship with China. It hopes that this EU-China leaders’ meeting will inject new impetus into the future development of EU-China relations. . The European side is pleased with the results of the high-level dialogue between Europe and China in various fields this year. It believes that the long-term and stable development of China’s economy is in the interests of Europe. It hopes that both sides will continue to strengthen dialogue and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, green, digital and other fields, and work together to maintain the stability and security of the supply chain and industrial chain. And strengthen dialogue and seek cooperation on climate change, artificial intelligence and other major global issues related to the future of mankind. The EU adheres to the one-China policy. The EU is willing to strengthen communication and enhance understanding with China on issues of disagreement in an attitude of mutual respect, openness and candor. Europe and China share common responsibilities and common interests for world peace and stability. The EU is willing to communicate and collaborate closely with China to safeguard multilateralism, uphold the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and promote the resolution of hot-spot issues in Ukraine, the Middle East and other regions.
Source : mfa.gov.cn