Foreign and Military Affairs
China-Europe political party forum ends in Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-26 10:58
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BEIJING - The first-ever China-Europe High-Level Political Party Forum concluded here Tuesday, reaching broad consensus on many major issues.
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Li Yuanchao,head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC),speaks at a welcoming dinner in honour of the participants of China-Europe High-Level Political parties Forum"Global Challenges and China-Europe Cooperation"in Beijing May 25,2010.[Photo/Xinhua] |
It was agreed that both China and Europe should increase comprehensive strategic cooperation to cope with global challenges, and political parties from both sides could play an important and leading role in this cooperation.
The meeting achieved positive results -- deepening mutual understanding and trust through in-depth exchanges of views on the international situation, financial crisis, climate change, environmental protection and China-Europe relations.
All representatives to the meeting from Chinese and European political parties agreed that they would work together to promote China-Europe party-to-party exchanges, saying that the forum had advanced China-Europe cooperation.
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Li Yuanchao attended the forum on Tuesday afternoon, saying that high-level and strategic party-to-party dialogue was a good way to tackle the increasing global challenges.
Li, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said that the CPC would work with European political parties to jointly push forward China-Europe strategic cooperation and cope with global challenges.
"This will help build a harmonious world with lasting peace and common prosperity," Li said.
The two-day forum was themed: "Global Challenges and China-European Cooperation." ?Chinese officials from the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission as well as over 50 leaders and senior officials from various European political parties attended the forum.
