Innovative notions likely to blossom at China-EU talks

After emergency meetings on the Greek debt crisis and the influx of immigrants in Europe, the European Union is scheduled to hold a summit with China at the end of June. Premier Li Keqiang will attend the 17th China-EU Summit in Brussels and visit Belgium, pay an official visit to France, and visit the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development from June 28 to July 2.

Despite the tight schedule and limited time, EU leaders are expected to work out "strategic and concrete" proposals for the annual Beijing-Brussels meeting, which couldn't be held last year because of the leadership reshuffle in the EU. In fact, being the first summit after the leadership changes in Beijing and Brussels, both sides are likely to inject new ideas and set the tone for the future, especially because they have taken care of their internal priorities and gradually rolled out their global agenda.

Beijing, for example, has been focusing mainly on the "Belt and Road Initiative" with the aim of linking its manufacturing competitiveness with the demands of the rest of world. Brussels, on its part, has vowed to create more jobs and boost economic growth by mobilizing 315 billion for investment, mainly from the private sector, in the next three years.