BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country currently holds the rotating European Union (EU) presidency, will attend the China-EU summit to be held in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing on Nov. 30.

    Reinfeldt, 44, was elected a Member of Parliament in 1991 at the age of 26, and later became a member of the parliament's committees on finance and on foreign affairs and also chairman of the Committee on Justice.

    In 2003, Reinfeldt was elected president of the Moderate Party.

    In the 2006 Swedish general election, a four-party center-right alliance led by Reinfeldt's Moderate Party seized victory, ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule with vows to cut taxes for workers and reduce the state's ownership in big companies.

    Since Reinfeldt took office in October 2006, relations between Sweden and China have entered a new phase of development.

    In June 2007, when meeting with visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, Reinfeldt said both countries should strengthen high-level exchanges and consultations and Sweden would be willing to contribute to the growth of EU-China relations.

    On April 11-15, 2008, Reinfeldt paid an official visit to China.

    At the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference in the southern Chinese coastal province of Hainan, Reinfeldt urged the world to take effective actions against the threat of climate change.

    When meeting with Chinese President Hu on the sidelines of the BFA, Reinfeldt said Sweden had been following China's development and was committed to promoting bilateral friendship and win-win cooperation.

    Reinfeldt also said Sweden attached importance to keeping good dialogue and cooperation with China during the talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen in Beijing.

    In October 2008, Reinfeldt came to China to attend the seventh summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

    When meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, Reinfeldt said Sweden would work with China to further deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides.

    In June 2009, Reinfeldt vowed that Sweden would rise up to the tough challenges amid the global economic crisis as it took over the rotating EU presidency.

    The upcoming 12th China-EU summit to be held in Nanjing is the highest-level dialogue mechanism between the two sides, and it plays a unique and leading role in the development of China-EU relations, according to Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun.

    Both sides will exchange views on bilateral relations, global financial crisis and climate change.

    According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Chinese and EU leaders will attend the signing ceremonies of a series of agreements on science and technology, economy and trade, environment protection and industry.

    The China-EU summit is the second of its kind in 2009 following the first one in Prague, the Czech Republic, in May.