China and the European Community reached agreements on the establishment of official relations on 6 May 1975 and on 1 November 1983, China established official relations with the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community. By then, China had realized the comprehensive normalization of relations with the European Community. The mission of the European Community to China was established in May 1988.

The EU and China are working together to deepen cooperation on multilateral issues and global challenges, strengthen economic ties, launch many new sectoral dialogues and agreements and pursue their scientific, technical and development cooperation. In 2003, seven Commissioners visited China (Lamy, Nielson, Liikanen, Prodi, Wallstrom, Monti, Reding), and new dialogues on industrial policy, Intellectual Property Rights, competition policy and trade policy were launched, in addition to the signing of two milestone agreements on tourism and satellite navigation cooperation. President Prodi, Commissioners Lamy, Fischler, and Busquin have already made very successful official visits to China in 2004 and several more visits are scheduled for this year.

(Source: .chinaembassy-org/europa.eu)

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