Wen: China hopes to strengthen Asian-European partnership

Source: Xinhua | 10-25-2008 16:33

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to strengthen and deepen the Asian-European partnership, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the press conference of the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Saturday.

China is willing to strengthen and deepen the Asian -European partnership, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the press conference of the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Saturday. (CCTV.com)

Wen said at a press conference of the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) that China was looking forward to working with the ASEM members to turn the documentary achievements of the meeting and its follow-up proposals into realities so as to push forward the cooperation between Asia and Europe to a new stage.

The Chinese described the two-day meeting as "very meaningful and fruitful."

The seventh ASEM summit opened Friday afternoon with the attendance of the leaders and representatives from 45 Asian and European nations and organizations.

The summit has drawn the participants' attention to the designed topics of energy, climate change, food security and sustainable development to cope with the current global financial crisis.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei