Teamwork, trust seen as key in EU ties

Summit expected to expand pragmatic cooperation, reject confrontation

As the 24th China-EU Summit is set to take place in Beijing on Thursday, scholars and officials have expressed hopes that the world's two major economies could take the opportunity to step up their pace in resuming and expanding collaboration in the post-pandemic era and better address global challenges together.

Rejecting impulses for economic decoupling and curbing attempts that fuel antagonism should be high on the bilateral agenda to ensure that the Eurasian region does not move toward Cold War-style confrontation, they added.

Thursday's summit will be the first face-to-face one held since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous summit took place via video link in April last year.