Beijing seeks productive Brussels talks

Envoy hopes conference will boost trust and mutually beneficial cooperation

China hopes next week's conference between Beijing and Brussels will help make bilateral relations more productive and substantive by seizing opportunities and addressing challenges, according to the top Chinese diplomat to the European Union.

The 22nd China-EU Summit will be held on Monday via video conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the first summit since the current EU leadership took office last December.

Zhang Ming, head of the China Mission to the EU, said on Thursday that China hopes the conference will help boost the strategic trust and mutually beneficial cooperation.