Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech at the closing ceremony of the fifth China-EU Business Summit in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing) Photo Gallery>>>

    NANJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a speech at the closing ceremony of the fifth China-European Union (EU) Business Summit here Monday afternoon.

    European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, also attended the closing ceremony.

    The annual business summit, with the theme of "The Green Agenda: Sustaining Growth beyond the Recovery," focused on how to achieve a sustainable recovery from the global financial crisis, climate change as well as the development of China-EU trade relations.

    Running in parallel with the annual China-EU summit, the business summit is recognized as the highest-level platform for exchanges between Chinese and EU business leaders.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) attends the closing ceremony of the fifth China-EU Business Summit in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 30, 2009. Wen Jiabao delivered a speech at the ceremony. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing) Photo Gallery>>>

China, EU to promote trade, investment

    NANJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China and the European Union, in a joint statement issued Monday, vowed to step up efforts to promote trade and investment and increase effective market access.

    The statement was issued on the sidelines of the 12th China-EU Summit held in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province in east China. Full story

Wen calls for China-EU ties to be more strategic, comprehensive and stable

NANJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday that the China-EU relations should be more strategic, comprehensive and stable.

He made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 12th China-EU summit held in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. Full story

12th China-EU summit begins in Nanjing

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd L), European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (3rd R) and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2nd R), whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, co-chair the 12th China-EU summit in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 30, 2009. The 12th China-EU summit began here Monday morning.(Xinhua/Zhang Duo) Photo Gallery>>>

    NANJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The 12th China-EU summit began in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, here Monday morning.

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, European Commission President Barroso and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, co-chaired the one-day meeting.Full story