00:00European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
00:05arrived in Beijing early Thursday for the 25th China-European Union Summit,
00:11a meeting coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-EU diplomatic ties.
00:18Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Costa and von der Leyen,
00:22while Premier Li Chiang will co-chair the 25th China-EU Summit with the two EU leaders.
00:30China and the EU have recently experienced disputes on several issues,
00:36including the EU's impositions of countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles
00:42and restrictions on Chinese companies' participation in public procurement for medical devices.
00:48Experts note that current China-EU relations are influenced by multiple factors,
00:54including China-U.S. strategic competition and policy uncertainties between the U.S. and Europe.
01:02Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Gojia Kun said in a regular press conference on Monday
01:08that China hopes that the EU will work with China,
01:12pool consensus, rise above differences jointly planned for the corporation in the next 50 years
01:17and open up a brighter future for the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
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