On November 8, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference.
A reporter asked: On the 7th, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell said in an article that China is the EU's key economic partner, as well as a comprehensive competitor and institutional opponent.
The EU should manage and control competition with China in various fields, and carry out constructive cooperation in areas that are in the interests of the EU. The EU should also avoid over-reliance on China and enhance its own resilience.
He also said that he would maintain communication with partners on China-related issues through the G7 platform. The EU also called on China to abide by its international commitments and legal obligations in the field of human rights, and expressed its willingness to maintain communication with China on this.
Does China have any comments on this?
Zhao Lijian said that in recent years, the trade volume between China and the EU has repeatedly hit new highs, and the two sides have maintained communication and coordination on international and regional issues.
Facts have proved that China and the EU have extensive common interests, long-term accumulation of cooperation foundation, and highly complementary development advantages.
There is competition between China and Europe, but cooperation is far greater than competition.
Some competitions between China and the EU are benign and are conducive to accelerating their respective development.
We hope that the European side will view China-EU relations objectively and rationally, and work with the Chinese side to grasp the leading aspect of dialogue and cooperation between the two sides, maintain the main tone of mutual benefit and win-win results, and cooperate to deal with global challenges, so as to provide more stability and positive energy to the turbulent world. .
This is good for both China and Europe, and it is also good for the whole world.
(produced by Liu Peng)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]