EU-China summit in Nanjing, Praag - Hoofdinhoud
datum | 30 november 2009 |
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plaats | Praag, China |
locatie | Nanjing, China |
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.
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.
Tuesday 24/11, 12.15: Technical Briefing OFF the record
EbS coverage of the EU-China Summit in Nanjing + photo
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
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
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