Bright prospects beckon for China-Europe ties

In a speech he delivered at this year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos last week, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, reiterated China's support for economic globalization, and its resolve to continue to uphold multilateralism.

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Such a stance, as well as the promise that "China's door of opening up will not be closed and will only open even wider" has injected certainty to boost the stability of the world at a time when the protectionist policies being adopted by the world's largest economy are expected to bring more uncertainties to trade, technology and the geopolitical landscape worldwide.

That's where China and Europe have common ground to strengthen their relations. It is the responsibility they have shared to uphold the global free trade system and other forms of multilateral cooperation that has continuously injected vitality into China-Europe ties. Ding's visit to Switzerland and the Netherlands from Jan 19 to 24, therefore, marks a good start for the mutually beneficial relations between China and Europe this year.