Trip for solidarity, multilateralism and stability

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi began an official visit to Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, France and Germany on Tuesday at the invitation of his European counterparts.

Wang's visits, his first since the public health crisis showed signs of easing in some countries, underscores China's commitment to promoting relations with these European countries and the European Union at large.

In June, China and the European Union held the 22nd China-EU leaders' meeting via video links, which highlighted the great potential of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two sides and also set the tone for strengthening relations in the post-pandemic era. It is of the utmost importance that the two sides continue to build on this good momentum and make efforts to translate their leaders' consensus on promoting China-EU cooperation into concrete actions to push forward bilateral political and economic agendas.