Rediscover Sino-EU Ties

正Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s attendance at the recent China-EU Summit in Brussels capped his vigorous efforts to nurture and advance Sino-EU relations.While the EU is China’s top trading partner and largest source of tech-nology imports, China has become the EU’s second largest trading partner.     

A Retrospective Look at 2012 China-EU Relations

IT’S a fact that underscores the rebalancing of the world economic order:The European Union is China’s Ilargest trading partner,and China is the European Union’s second-largest,after the United States.In 2012,China maintained relatively rapid economic growth,while the EU struggled over member states’debt crises.Though last year was not remarkable in terms of China-EU trade volume,it did see the     

Toward Common Prosperity

Economic cooperation is an essential aspect of the China-Japan partnership China remains Japan's biggest trading partner,while Japan is now China's third biggest trading partner after the European Union and the United States.     

Sole Searching

China wants the European Union to kick its anti-dumping measures on footwear to the curb Among all the advanced countries and regions, the European Union (EU) is China's most stable and mature trading partner. Since China established diplomatic ties with the European Economic Community in 1975, especially after the EU published its first policy paper on China in 1995, Sino-EU relations have developed rapidly, from an all-round partnership to an all-round strategic one. In addition to working together on bilateral issues, the two sides     

Breaking New Ground

<正>Building on four decades of sustained relations,China and the EU are ready to further their partnership.At the 17th China-EU Summit in Brussels on June 29,Premier Li Keqiang and EU leaders vowed to promote col aboration in a host of new areas.At present,Sino-EU economic relations are at their best in history.The EU has been China’s largest trading partner for 11 consecutive years while China     

Cozy Business Ties

Since 1975, Germany has been China's largest trading partner in Europe. China is currently Germany's largest trading partner in Asia, with a trade volume totaling $78 billion in 2006, up 23.6 percent from a year before. Germany has also been the biggest European investor in China, with an accumulated investment of about 10 billion euros ($7.4 billion). German FDI going to China totaled $1.98 billion last year, a year-on-year increase of 29.3 percent. In an exclusive interview with Beijing Review, Jutta Ludwig, Executive Director of the German Chamber of Commerce in China and Chief Representative of the Delegation of German Industry & Commerce Beijing, discusses the secrets of this cozy business relationship, talking about the chamber's role in promoting bilateral economic ties, German investments in China, as well as intellectual property rights (IPR) issues involved in Sino-German technology     

WOOING CHINESE INVESTORS

While China has become a haven for foreign investment, some developed countries are becoming increasingly interested in absorbing China's new wealth and spare no efforts in promoting themselves. The Netherlands, China's second largest trading partner in the EU, is among these countries. Before the opening of the 10th China International Fair for Investment and Trade, Han Feenstra, Director for China of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency in Shanghai, sat down with Beijing Review reporter Yu Shujun to talk about Chinese investment in his home country.     

Anti-Dumping Action

Trade spats are growing between China and the EU. Is there an end in sight?China has initiated anti-dumping duties against imports of toluidine originating from the European Union (EU) as of June28. This is the second recent case of China initiating anti-dumping duties against EU products After the EU levied provisional anti-dumping     

Opportunities in Crisis

Despite COVID-19, China became the EU’s largest trading partner last year, overtaking the U.S., according to Eurostat data. They also concluded negotiations on a comprehensive agreement on investment that will cement their cooperation.Zhang Ming, head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, talked about the opportunities and challenges facing this partnership to Beijing Review reporter Wei Hongchen. The following is an edited excerpt。     

China- the World＇s Trade Locomotive

CHINA has overtaken the United States to become the world＇s largest goods trading na- tion. Indeed, since the beginning of the inter- national financial crisis, increases in China＇sforeign trade have been larger than those of the Unit- ed States, EU and Japan combined.     

CEMENTING RELATIONS

正Premier Li Keqiang attends an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of dialogue relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on September 7.China-ASEAN trade has skyrocketed over the past 25 years,with the volume rising from$8bil ion in 1991 to$472.2 billion last year.China is ASEAN’s largest trading partner,while the com-     

China Makes New Contributions to the World Economy

<正>Almost four decades after implementation of its reform and opening-up policy in the late 1970s,China has become the world’s second largest economy,second largest trading nation,largest exporter,second largest importer and second largest overseas investor.China certainly has the capabilities to create huge development opportunities for the world.China is making new contributions to global technological innovation.With a new round of industrial revolution coming,innovation has     

China-Europe Relations Undergo Comprehensive Upgrade简

正CHINA-Europe interaction is gathering pace around the tenth anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the EU.Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited China in November 2013.A week later,Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang met with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the 16th meeting of Chinese and European Union leaders.Shortly after,Li Keqiang     

Li Keqiang Meets U.S.Treasury Secretary

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Jacob Lew,special representative of the U.S.President and the U.S.Treasury Secretary,in Beijing on February 29,2016.Li said that China became the largest trading partner of the U.S.last year.According to Li,China was ready for closer     

Open to Trade China-South Africa trade relations are alive with possibilities

In recent years, economic and trade relations between China and Africa have seen rapid development. As Africa's largest trading partner, China's trade relations with South Africa, the continent's most potent economy, are an integral part of this eye-catching development.     

Great Expectations The EU wants China to shoulder heavier international responsibilities. Is that too much of a burden for a developing country?

Fairness and mutual responsibility are likely to become key notions in China - European Union (EU) rel a - tions, exp e r ts say. In a rec e n t l y released policy paper on China, thesixth the European Commission has adopt- ed since 1995, “fair” and “res p o n s i b i l i t y ” ar e the wor ds that claimed the most att e n - tion from Chinese analysts. Ac c o r ding to Feng Zhongping, Direc t o r of the Institute of European Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporar y Interna …     

Resurgent Protectionism

正Overcapacity should not be blamed for the EU steel industry's decline China,the world’s largest steel producer,is now confronting a predicament en route to going global.Following the decision in late July to place duties ranging from 18.4to 22.5 percent on imports of Chinese-made deformed steel bars,the European Union(EU)     

FIRM IN GLOBALIZATION

正In blaming other countries for U.S.economic woes,the administration of President Donald Trump has ignited a trade war with the United States’major trading partners,including China,South Korea,Japan and the European Union.Are tariffs on international trade really the answer to domestic issues in the United States?How will the events in the coming weeks and months affect global economic growth,technological progress and the future of globalization?And who will be the real     

Moving Toward Multipolarity

Prospects of an improved relationship between China and Europe are brightening but expectations may have to be reined in Since 2003, the European Union (EU) and China have described their relationship as one of strategic partnership. But the term is one that     

To ME or Not to ME?

正The EU hesitates over changing China's economic statusThe European Commission(EC)will discuss the issue of granting market economy status(MES)to China throughout 2016.On January 13,the EC had the first orientation debate on whether,and if so how,the European Union(EU)should change their