The construction of a 7 billion Yuan Fuling Food Industrial Park, jointly built by Chinese and European enterprises, has begun in Guangzhou.

"With nearly 50 years of roots, China has become the group's top priority market and we will continue to look for new opportunities to cooperate in more areas." When it comes to future development, Louis Dreyfus Group North Asia CEO Chen Jiayuan is confident. What makes this European company confident about taking root in the Chinese market is the vast and expanding cooperation space between China and Europe.

On April 1, 23 times China - eu summit, held for the future development of china-eu outlined bright new blueprint: "mutual benefit and win-win results is still a main tone" china-eu cooperation "to create new luminescent spot" "in the epidemic prevention and control, climate change, digital economy and other fields to strengthen policy coordination," "power sustainable recovery of the world economy"...

Despite the grim and complex international situation, China-Eu economic and trade cooperation has continued to deepen. In 2021, china-eu trade in goods reached a record high. In the first two months of this year, China's total trade with the EU reached 874.64 billion yuan, up 12.4% and accounting for 14.1% of China's total foreign trade. The EU has overtaken ASEAN to become China's largest trading partner again.

Although it is difficult to determine whether the shift in the scale of trade between ASEAN and the EU is seasonal or a trend, "in any case, it reflects the resilience and vitality of China-Eu trade," said Gao Feng, spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce.

Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, said that China and Europe are complementary and interdependent. The Chinese market has become an important pillar of the global operations of many European multinationals. Similarly, the opportunities in the European market also attract Chinese companies. With The deepening of China's reform and opening-up, there is huge potential for china-eu economic and trade development.

Past march, China - central and east European countries cooperation landmark projects - Hungary plug railway in Serbia benno officially opened, this is China's railway technology and equipment with European railway interconnectivity technical specifications of the docking, also shows the china-europe build "area" is becoming more and more strong, the basis of the more broad prospects for cooperation, importance increasingly.

In addition to the belt and Road Initiative projects taking root in Europe, the effective entry into force of the Agreement on Geographical Indications between China and the EU and the speeding up of china-Europe Freight trains on the Eurasian continent have expanded cooperation areas, ensured the stability and smooth flow of international industrial and supply chains, and added strong impetus to world economic recovery.

As the largest developing country and the largest association of developed countries, China's opening-up policy is also a strong driving force for deeper and more solid economic growth between China and the EU.

In recent years, China has taken a series of measures to improve its business environment, including implementing a negative list for foreign investment access and ensuring national treatment for foreign-invested enterprises. A report released by the German Chamber of Commerce in China shows that Despite challenges such as the epidemic, China remains one of the most important markets for German companies in the world. In 2021, nearly 60% of the surveyed companies will achieve business growth in China, and over 70% of the surveyed companies will continue to increase investment in China.

"The warmth of China-Eu economic and trade cooperation is injecting more stability, certainty and positive energy into a turbulent and changing world." Foreign economic and trade university says ZhuangRui, a professor at the national institutes of opening to the outside world, the current situation, the two sides should be based on the existing dialogue mechanism, in the aerospace, biological, optoelectronics, electronics, education, and other areas of the trade to strengthen policy coordination, the china-eu trade and economic cooperation jointly cake bigger, more to do better, to benefit both enterprises and citizens.