European leader optimistic on ties with China

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Brussels has sent a strong message to China's new leadership in which the EU says it expects Beijing to boost their strategic partnership and continually be "a key source of growth and stability" for the world.

Herman van Rompuy, president of the European Council, submitted the expectations shortly after Li Keqiang's premiership was endorsed on Friday and Xi Jinping was elected as president on Thursday at the annual session of the National People's Congress, which ends on Sunday.