Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Berlin, capital of Germany, July 8, 2018, for the fifth round of China-Germany intergovernmental consultations and an official visit to the European country. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Sunday for the fifth round of China-Germany intergovernmental consultations and an official vis......

The State Council, China's cabinet, unveiled new measures on Friday to deepen reforms and innovation in pilot free trade zones (FTZs) in the country, a move for improving the business environment and facilitating trade.   
The new policies will lower thresholds for foreign investors in FTZs in sectors that include construction, healthcare and finan......

China hopes that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) and the European Union (EU) will finally reach a consensus on Brexit, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday.
The European Council on Sunday endorsed the agreement and Political Declaration on the UK's exit from the EU, as well as on a framework of the future relati......

 
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, disembark from the plane in Madrid, Spain, Nov. 27, 2018. Xi Jinping arrived in Spain on Tuesday for a three-day state visit. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Special: Xi visits four countries, attends G20 Summit 
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Spain on Tuesday for a three-day state visit to co......

 
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 Thursday that China and Germany should help stabilize the world in the midst the r......

 
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)
Premier L......

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
Xi J......