It is reported that China -Europe will hold high -level economic and trade dialogue

Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" quoted representatives of the European Commission on the 17th that China and the EU will hold high -level economic and trade dialogue on the 19th.

The above representatives revealed that the conversation will discuss a series of global economic issues, involving food security, energy prices, supply chains, financial services, and bilateral trade and investment. As of press time, China and Europe have not confirmed the relevant news. Yu Bai, the head of the European Union delegation, said in an interview with Bloomberg last month that the "next few weeks" of China and the European parties will have a high -level dialogue around economic, climate and environmental issues. "We will continue to urge to keep contact with contact And solve the problem at hand. "

According to the South China Morning Post, the representatives of the European Commission said that the conversation will be held in a video. The representative also said that "the dialogue was carried out in the context of Russia and Ukraine's conflict and increased global economic prospects." According to public information, in July 2020, China and Europe held the eighth Sino -European economic and trade high -level dialogue in the form of video conferences, with the theme of "New situation in the era of the epidemic era after the opening of the epidemic, leading the global economic recovery growth." Sino -European economic and trade high -level dialogue is a dialogue mechanism for the communication and coordination of economic and trade policies between China and the EU. Since its establishment in 2007, it has been successfully held 7 times. It has played an important role in deepening bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation and promoting the resolution of both parties.

Recently, the high -level interaction between China and EU has frequently interacted. On the 8th of this month, the third China -Europe environment and climate high -level dialogue was held through video. The two sides conducted in -depth exchanges on issues such as green and low -carbon development policies, the status quo and prospects of the China -Europe environment and climate fields, and jointly promoting the multilateral process. The issues that the two sides were concerned about exchanged opinions. On the 7th, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Berreley, a senior representative of the EU diplomacy and security policy during the Foreign Minister of the Group of the Guto 20 in Bali.

Yu Bai told Bloomberg last month: "We (Central Europe) need a dialogue, we need to find a place where we can solve the problem. For this reason, we need to reach a consensus on some facts, which is currently missing." Yu Bai also also It is said that economic relations are one of the highlights of the relationship between the two parties. At present, "the economic ties are widely connected and the trade does not slow down." EU and China held a summit in April this year. Yu Bai said in June that the Chinese side urged the restarting economic dialogue between the two parties and promoted the two parties to continue to cooperate in the field of climate change.

"South China Morning Post" quoted German analysts Francisca Greyti that after experiencing the influence of the new crown pneumonia in the first half of the year, China hopes to boost the economy and strengthen the global trade relations including the EU.

The Chinese EU Chamber of Commerce also holds an optimistic attitude towards the upcoming dialogue. "The Chinese EU Chamber of Commerce welcomes this dialogue because it will help both parties complete the economic and trade agenda, determine the field of cooperation, and manage the differences or disputes that may hinder mutual trust." A survey report released by the Chinese EU Chamber of Commerce last month showed that most of the companies in China benefited from innovative research and development in China and will continue this strategy. 75%of the interviewed companies said it would increase investment in China, and 18%of companies said they would maintain their existing level.

The European Union is China's second largest trading partner. According to data recently released by the General Administration of Customs, the total import and export of China's imports and exports to the EU reached 2.71 trillion yuan in the first half of this year, a year -on -year increase of 7.5%. The news released by the National Railway Group also shows that from January to June of this year, the China -Europe trains have cumulatively opened a total of 7473 columns, sending 720,000 standard boxes, an increase of 2%and 2.6%year -on -year, and the comprehensive heavy box rate reached 98%.

When Wang Yi met with Yu Bai at the end of last month, he said that in recent years, China Europe has reached a geographical sign agreement to establish a number and green high -level dialogue mechanism, complete the China -Europe Investment Agreement negotiations, and achieve important cooperation results. At the same time, some differences between China and Europe also affect the healthy development of China -Europe relations from time to time. The key is that the European side should form a more objective and correct cognition of China's development direction. Central Europe is a partner, not an opponent, nor an institutional opponent.

Wang Yi pointed out that, as two important forces in the world, Central and EU should strengthen dialogue and communication, unswervingly maintain the basic positioning of partnerships, maintain the way to get along with common grounds, maintain mutually beneficial and win -win cooperation methods, maintain the era of multilateralism, Trends provide more stability and positive energy for the world. This is not only the international responsibility of China and the European Union, but also in line with the fundamental and long -term interests of both parties.

Xin Hua, director of the EU Research Center of Shanghai Foreign Languages ​​University, told the Global Times reporter on the 18th that although China -EU relations have encountered heavy resistance since the beginning of last year, the structural elements of China -EU joints have still existed and are quite stable. Xin Hua said that China -EU economic and trade relations still have significant complementarity and have deep potential of cooperation. This is determined by the differences between China and Europe's resource endowment and will not change in the short term. In the case of current prices soaring, Europe is even more inseparable from the input of Chinese goods.

Xin Hua also said that in Europe to continue to implement a series of policy structures that are closely related to global governance, such as digital transformation, new green politics, and cooperation in the Asia -Pacific region, they are also inseparable from cooperation with China.

Global Times reporter Zhao Jueyi

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