| China and Europe should strive to strengthen their cooperation for a win-win outcome in this era of profound changes, said a senior Chinese official here on Monday.
Liu Yunshan, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks during his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the China-Europe High-Level Political Party Forum.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has expressed a readiness to work for world economic recovery at the G20 summit in Cannes, France last week, said Liu, who is also head of the Publicity Department of the CPC.
The forum would carry on with discussions on the new possibility and new measures of cooperation between China and Europe, which would add new spurs to their relations, said the Chinese official.
Liu called for more cooperation for a win-win result and mutual respect for cultural differences between China and Europe, as well as a common effort to build an inclusive and open international system to face up to global challenges.
Noting that China and Europe are stepping into a new stage of development for their ties, Liu expressed hopes that both sides further enhance their strategic mutual trust, "respect each other's core interest and major concerns and observe each other's development from a more objective perspective."
Efforts should be made to promote their cooperation in trade, finance, environment protection, high-tech and new energy, and China and Europe should also work to cultivate new growth possibilities for their economic and trade cooperation, he said.
They should in the meanwhile expand people-to-people exchanges and take the chance of their intercultural dialogue year in 2012 to build on their friendship, he added.
Leaders from the European political parties said the forum offered chance for a key high-level dialogue for the political parties in China and Europe, which would play an active role for the exchanges and comprehensive development of the relations between both sides.
(Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2011) | 
