Vice-Premier Liu Yandong (R) meets with EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica in Beijing on Nov 27, 2014. Mimica is a participant of the 2014 EU-China High-Level Cultural Forum held in Beijing from Nov 27 to 28. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING — Vice-Premier Liu Yandong met with EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica in Beijing on Nov 27, pledging stronger China-EU relations.
China attaches great importance to the European Union as well as China-EU ties, Liu said, vowing joint efforts with the EU to implement the China-EU 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation, and cement dialogues and cooperation.
Mimica, who is in Beijing to attend a high-level China-EU cultural forum, said the EU is ready to beef up cooperation with China in such areas as sustainable development and cultural exchanges.