The 14th China-EU Forum was held in Brussels

The 14th China-EU Forum was held in Brussels on the 5th, with the theme of "China and Europe in the Next 50 Years: Promoting Global Transformation in the Artificial Intelligence Era" and conducted in-depth discussions on strengthening exchanges and cooperation between China and Europe.

The forum was co-organized by the Chinese Mission to the EU, the European think tank "Friends of Europe", and the China Public Diplomacy Association. Cai Run, Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, Alonso, Permanent Representative of Spain to the EU, and Wu Haitao, Vice President of the China Public Diplomacy Association, attended and delivered speeches. Nearly a thousand people, including representatives from the Chinese and European political, business, media, and diplomatic envoys from relevant countries to Europe, attended the forum offline and online.

Cai Run said in his speech that currently, China-EU relations are in a critical period of development. Both sides should adhere to the positioning of partnership, insist on resolving economic and trade differences and frictions through dialogue and consultation, insist on respecting each other's core interests and major concerns, and promote the stability and long-term development of China-EU relations. China is willing to expand exchanges and cooperation with the EU in the field of artificial intelligence and jointly promote the establishment of a fair and reasonable global artificial intelligence governance system. Cai Run also elaborated on the significance of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.

China stated at the meeting that China and the EU have great potential for cooperation and can carry out practical cooperation in digital and green fields to promote common prosperity. The European side stated that Europe and China are important partners and should strengthen cooperation, manage differences, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. (over)