Chinese premier arrives in Brussels for China-EU leaders' meeting

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Brussels on Sunday for the 17th China-EU leaders' meeting. [Photo by Liu Zhen / provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

BRUSSELS - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Sunday for the 17th China-EU leaders' meeting in Brussels.

During his stay in Brussels, Li will co-chair the China-EU leaders' meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. Li will also meet Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.

Li is expected to discuss China-EU cooperation and international and regional issues with European leaders, address the opening ceremony of a China-EU business summit and attend a forum on the China-EU urbanization partnership.

During Li's visit, China and the EU will issue a document to outline their future cooperation priorities and a statement on climate change, and sign several cooperation deals on regional policies, intellectual property rights protection, customs and technological innovation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

The EU has been China's largest trading partner for 11 years while China has been the EU's second largest trading partner for 12 years. Bilateral trade volume exceeded 600 billion US dollars in 2014.

After the Brussels trip, Li will visit France and deliver a speech at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development headquarters in Paris. He will also visit Marseille and Toulouse after Paris.