Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C, front) arrives in Bulgaria on July 5, 2018, for an official visit to the country and the seventh meeting of heads of government of China and 16 Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) in Sofia. Li's visit is being made at the invitation of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)
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France wants EU to deal with Belt, Road as a bloc
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's remarks that the Belt and Road initiative lacks transparency are aimed at helping the EU gain leverage as it prepares to participate in the trade and development program, analysts said. 
While in Shanghai during his four day visit to China, Philippe said that......

During the 12th Lennart Meri Conference on foreign and security policy, China's Belt and Road Initiative, including its Arctic policy, was viewed by European experts as being helpful to global development.
As to China's vision for a "Polar Silk Road," Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of International Security at Britain's Loughborough University sa......

 
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2018. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen agreed Sunday to establish a Sino-Austrian fr......

Special: Xi visits four countries, attends G20 Summit 
A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled "Joining Hands for New Splendor in the New Era" was published Tuesday on Spanish newspaper ABC ahead of his state visit to the European country.
The full text of the article is as follows:
Joining Hands for New Splendor in the New Era
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Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province launched a total of 1,036 China-Europe freight trains in the first 10 months in 2018, 5.3 times the number last year, the city government announced Thursday.
From January to October, freight trains transported a total of 1.05 million tonnes of goods with the value of 1.49 billion U.S. dollars, ac......

uropean Union business in China delivered strong financial results in 2017 and kept regarding China as a top-three destination for present and future investment, according to Business Confidence Survey 2018 jointly launched by EU Chamber of Commerce in China and Roland Berger on Wednesday.
Despite fiercer competition and other challenges such as ri......

 
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas after a joint press conference in Berlin, capital of Germany, on May 31, 2018. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that the cooperation between China and 16 Central and Eastern European......

 
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang holds a welcome ceremony for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2018. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)
China and the Netherlands on Thursday agreed to make use of their advantages of complementarities to promote pragmatic cooperation.
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Austrian Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs Margarete Schrambock receives an interview with Xinhua in Vienna, Austria, on April 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Pan Xu)
A rare collective visit by the Austrian heads of state and government to China is expected to generate multiple agreements on economy cooperation, and progress in future collaboration over......