EU-China summit in Nanjing, Praag

Praag, Tsjechië
© Anton Bussemaker
datum 30 november 2009
plaats Praag, China
locatie Nanjing, China Toon locatie
aanwezigen J.-C. (Jean-Claude) Trichet i, J. (Joaquín) Almunia Amann i, B. (Benita) Ferrero-Waldner i, J.C. (Jean-Claude) Juncker i e.a.
organisatie Europese Commissie (EC) i

The 12th EU-China Summit will take place in Nanjing. Participants from the side of the

Commission will be the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso and

Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-

Waldner.

This Summit will build upon on a series of successful meetings in 2009, notably the 11th

EU-China Summit in Prague on 20 May as well as the visit of Vice-President Xi Jinping to

Brussels on 8 October, where he had a successful meeting with President Barroso.

As one of the largest and fastest growing emerging economies and the EU's second trading

partner, China is a an important international player and a vital partner for the EU in

addressing global challenges such as climate change and the financial and economic crisis.

Both these issues are expected to be high on the agenda of the Leaders' meeting. Further

subjects to be discussed include the state of play of EU-China relations and international

issues of mutual concern.

Moreover, it is also expected that the Summit will endorse progress in our bilateral

cooperation in different sectors, for example with the renewal of the Science and

Technology Agreement.

The summit will be preceded by a Foreign Minister's Troika on 29th November, which will

focus on regional and international issues. Furthermore, a meeting of the Euro-zone troika

(Commissioner Joaquín Almunia, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet and Eurogroup

President Jean-Claude Juncker) with their Chinese counterparts will also take place on the

29th November.

An EU-China Business Summit will take place in parallel to the summit on the 30th

November.

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Achtergrond

This year's Summit will be able to build on the useful discussions that took place within the

China-EU Strategic Partnership Forum on 18-19 November in Beijing, which was the first

Summit of EU and Chinese Think Tanks. It will also be able to take into account the

outcome of the "EU-China Workshop on technology cooperation and transfer in relation to

the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Shanghai, October

26th.

Furthermore, the Leaders meet just a few days after the 28th round of the EU-China

dialogue on human rights (Beijing, 20th November 2009) as human rights issues are part of

he regular political dialogue between the EU and China.

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Bijeenkomst

Tuesday 24/11, 12.15: Technical Briefing OFF the record

EbS coverage of the EU-China Summit in Nanjing + photo

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Bronnen

European Commission's websites:

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/china/index_en.htm

http://www.delchn.ec.europa.eu/

EU-China Summit 2009

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/china/summits_en.htm

I-048765: Chi na ­ 2005

I-049707: EU/China Relations - 2005

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Perscontacten

Christiane Hohmann

+32 2 29 91196

christiane.hohmann@ec.europa.eu

Amadeu Altafaj Tardio +32 2 295 2658

amadeu.altafaj-tardio@ec.europa.eu

Anja Fiedler

+32 2 29 80385

anja.fiedler@ec.europa.eu

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Europese Commissie (EC)

Deze instelling van de Europese Unie kan worden beschouwd als het 'dagelijks bestuur' van de EU. De leden van de Europese Commissie worden 'Eurocommissarissen i' genoemd. Elke Eurocommissaris is verantwoordelijk voor één of meerdere beleidsgebieden. Momenteel zijn er 26 Eurocommissarissen. In principe is er voor iedere lidstaat één. Samen vormen zij het college van Eurocommissarissen. De Eurocommissarissen moeten het belang van de Europese Unie als geheel behartigen, niet dat van hun eigen land.

De Europese Commissie mag als enige EU-instelling wetsvoorstellen indienen; zij heeft het zogenaamde recht van initatief. Daarnaast controleert de Commissie of de Europese wetgeving juist wordt toegepast in de lidstaten, onderhandelt zij in internationale organisaties als de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO) i over de handel van de Unie met het 'buitenland' en is zij verantwoordelijk voor het beheer van de Europese begroting van ongeveer 140 miljard euro per jaar.

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