More exchanges for the better

Frequent high-level visits signal the desire of China and the EU to strengthen their economic and political ties

A review of this year, the 35th year of relations between China and European Union, shows that both Brussels and Beijing attach great importance to the further development of bilateral exchanges.

At the end of April, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso visited Beijing with a group of commissioners. Half a year later, Premier Wen Jiabao visited Brussels with a big delegation from the Chinese government.