China and the EU are now each other’s most critical trade partners, with highly complementary economies and intertwined interests. Businesses from both sides continue to ramp up investments in each other’s markets.
In the battle between hegemony and multilateralism, the world’s future belongs to those who build bridges, not walls.
The similarities in goals and strategies can provide China and Europe with momentum for enhanced cooperation, ensuring that both sides could continue to benefit from each other’s development and would offer models of effective cooperation and viable solutions for other countries in a world of uncertainty and turbulence.
We need to try to find platforms and mechanisms to work together to enable people to have open, constructive, and frank dialogues with each other.
There are a lot of opportunities for European companies in these quite new industries, as well as in more traditional industries such as automotive, energy, hospitality, and healthcare.
The extent to which Europe can truly assert its independence is still uncertain. However, Spain’s example clearly demonstrates that a genuinely independent foreign policy is achievable and beneficial.
By fostering deeper cooperation, embracing dialogue, and working towards common goals, Europe and China can continue to be forces for peace, development, and sustainability in the decades to come.
With 2025 going to be a special year for China-Europe ties, 2024 has provided many inspirations, from a milestone in the China-Europe train service to a new center for cooperation.
China will continue to deepen its space collaboration with other countries, actively participate in the formulation and implementation of international regulations, and promote the sustainability of international space cooperation.
Europe has missed this development opportunity because we are short of a long-term vision.
China and Europe need to explore new areas of cooperation while avoiding competition in certain traditional domains.
Talent exchange and cooperation is facilitating China-EU ties, arguably one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world today.
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