Robust ties add certainty amid global uncertainty

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union. For the past 50 years, the two have propelled each other's development based on mutual respect and win-win cooperation, promoting global governance and injecting momentum to stabilize the turbulent world. Their cooperation is ample proof that the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership has a strong endogenous driving force, which, if the two join hands to promote it, will bring more certainty to the world.

By 2003, they had formed a comprehensive strategic partnership. To date, a multi-tiered dialogue mechanism has been established, including the annual China-EU leaders' meeting, the China-EU High-Level Strategic Dialogue, the China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, and the China-EU High-Level Environment and Climate Dialogue.

Currently, China is advancing its modernization through high-quality development, while Europe is more resolutely pursuing strategic autonomy than ever, undergoing a series of transformative changes in its political and social landscape. In this context, both China and Europe face the historic task of achieving higher-quality development.