China and European leaders to discuss green and open development

China and Europe's political leaders will meet to discuss China's "green development" and "open development" strategies during the 13th Five-Year Plan and discuss opportunities for cooperation.

The 5th China-Europe High-Level Political Parties Forum will be held from May 17-18 in Beijing. China and Europe's new cooperation opportunities in green development and how to find opportunities in China's open development, especially the Belt and Road Initiative, are the two main topics. And on May 19, a meeting about cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative will be held in Zhengzhou, Henan province.

More than 80 European leaders representing more than 30 political parties from 24 European countries; two regional European political parties and two political party groups in the European Parliament, will attend the forum.

The forum, initiated by the Communist Party of China, was first held in Beijing in 2010, and is a high-level, multilateral and strategic dialogue platform. It aims to push forward China and Europe to build partnership of "peace, growth, reform and civilization", and strengthen both sides' communication and connectivity.