When Chinese President Xi Jinping met by video with European Council President Michel and European Commission President von der Leyen on April 1, he emphasized that China and the EU should continue to lead the global cooperation on climate change and biodiversity.
Michel and von der Leyen expressed their willingness to continue to deepen cooperation with China in various fields such as economy, trade, investment, energy, and green development, and jointly address global challenges such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic, climate change, and biodiversity protection.
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany. As the most important economy in the EU, the pragmatic cooperation between Germany and China in the field of economy, trade and investment has become an important ballast stone for the steady and long-term development of China-EU relations in recent years.
How to better promote win-win cooperation between China, Germany and Europe, and join hands to lead the global low-carbon development process?
How to balance the achievement of climate goals with energy and economic security?
How can hydrogen play an important role in Sino-German climate cooperation?
How to understand the competition and cooperation relationship between China and Germany and China and Europe in the fields of new energy vehicles?
Recently, at the "East-West Question: Sino-German Climate Dialogue" hosted by China News Network and co-organized by the German Federal Federation of Economic Development and Foreign Trade, Du Xiangwan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former vice president, and consultant of the National Committee of Experts on Climate Change, and the thirteenth session Wang Yi, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice President of the Institute of Science and Technology Strategic Consulting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, Member of the German Bundestag, former Deputy Speaker, and Chairman of the German "China Bridge" Association ) and Michael Schumann, President of the German Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA), had a dialogue on this.
Dialogue experts believe that China is an indispensable partner of Germany in addressing climate change and promoting new energy. The cooperation between the two parties has the potential to become a model for EU-China relations. Hydrogen energy can become one of the key areas for future cooperation between the two sides; There is a lot of good cooperation in industries such as new energy vehicles, and all parties should encourage the spirit of cooperation of "building bridges" instead of advocating confrontation.
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]