On May 25, Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and Hu Henghua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Mayor of Chongqing,had a meeting with the Delegation of the European Union Diplomatic Enovys to China led by H.E.Jorge Toledo, Ambassador of the European Union to China.

17 Ambassadors of EU countries to China attended the meeting,including Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Croatia,Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Romania,Slovakia, and Spain.Chongqing’s leaders, Luo Lin and Zhang Guozhi,attended the meeting.

Yuan Jiajun and Hu Henghua, on behalf of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and the Chongqing Municipal Government, extended a warm welcome to delegates visiting Chongqing.They expressed gratitude to the ambassadors for their attention to Chongqing and for promoting exchanges and cooperation with Chongqing.

Yuan noted that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.The leaders of both sides have reached important consensuses on enhancing strategic mutual trust and deepening practical cooperation.Chongqing is committed to implementing the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative put forward by President Xi Jinping.Chongqing is actively contributing to promoting the development of the China-EU relationship and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind following the important consensuses reached by the leaders of both sides.

Chongqing, the only centrally-administered municipality in Central and Western China, has a rich history, a pleasant environment of lush mountains and lucid rivers, and booming development dynamics.Currently,Chongqing is fully implementing the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress and promoting the development of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-Hub Mega-Region and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.We are building a modern socialist new Chongqing in all respects on the new journey and in a new era.For this goal, we put the highlevel opening up high on the agenda, promote the development of openingup corridors such as the China-Europe Railway Express, strengthen the capabilities of opening-up platforms, develop an open economy, turn Chongqing into an opening-up pioneer in inland China, and lead Western China in opening-up endeavors.

5月25日，市委書記袁家軍，市委副書記、市長胡衡華會見了由歐盟駐華代表團團長、大使庹堯誨率領(lǐng)的歐盟國家駐華使節(jié)團。

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袁家軍、胡衡華代表市委、市政府向歐盟國家駐華使節(jié)團來渝訪問表示歡迎，感謝各位使節(jié)關(guān)注重慶、推動與重慶的交流合作。袁家軍說，今年是中歐建立全面戰(zhàn)略伙伴關(guān)系20周年。中歐雙方領(lǐng)導人就增進戰(zhàn)略互信、深化務(wù)實合作等達成重要共識。重慶將積極踐行習近平主席發(fā)出的全球發(fā)展倡議、全球安全倡議和全球文明倡議，落實雙方領(lǐng)導人重要共識，為推動中歐關(guān)系發(fā)展、構(gòu)建人類命運共同體貢獻地方力量。重慶是中國中西部地區(qū)唯一的直轄市，歷史底蘊深厚，城市山水環(huán)繞，生態(tài)環(huán)境優(yōu)美，發(fā)展欣欣向榮。我們正全面貫徹中共二十大精神，推動成渝地區(qū)雙城經(jīng)濟圈建設(shè)和陸海新通道建設(shè)等國家重大戰(zhàn)略落地落實，在新時代新征程全面建設(shè)社會主義現(xiàn)代化新重慶。我們把高水平對外開放作為新重慶建設(shè)的重要抓手，積極推進中歐班列等開放通道建設(shè)，提升開放平臺能級，發(fā)展開放型經(jīng)濟，加快建設(shè)內(nèi)陸開放高地，更好在中國西部地區(qū)帶頭開放、帶動開放。重慶與歐盟國家交往密切，合作成果豐碩。愿進一步增進交流溝通，在經(jīng)貿(mào)、科技、人文等方面深化合作，實現(xiàn)互利共贏、共同發(fā)展。我們將積極支持歐盟各國在渝開展交流活動，積極為歐盟國家企業(yè)在渝發(fā)展提供優(yōu)質(zhì)服務(wù)。

Chongqing has close exchanges with EU countries, and the cooperation has yielded fruitful results.Chongqing is willing to further enhance interactions and communication and deepen cooperation in economy, trade,science and technology, education, and culture for win-win outcomes,mutual benefits, and common development.Chongqing will support EU countries in organizing exchange activities in Chongqing and provide highquality services for the development of EU companies in Chongqing.

H.E.Jorge Toledo thanked Chongqing for the warm hospitality and thoughtful arrangement for the delegation of the EU diplomatic envoys to China.H.E.Helena S?ngeland, Ambassador of Sweden to China;H.E.Leena-Kaisa Mikkola, Ambassador of Finland to China; H.E.Ann Derwin, Ambassador of Ireland to China and H.E.Massimo Ambrosetti,Ambassador of Italy to China, made speeches respectively.It is agreed that local exchanges are of importance to the China-EU cooperation.Chongqing is a significant hub in the economy, industry, science and technology,transportation, and so on.

EU member states pay great attention to and are optimistic about the development of Chongqing in the future.The delegation of the EU diplomatic envoys is willing to promote local cooperation with Chongqing,establish and improve the communication mechanism, and constantly promote exchanges and cooperation with Chongqing in various fields such as economy, trade, science and technology, education, culture,especially people-to-people exchanges among the youth of the two sides,to continuously enhance mutual understanding, and bring our bilateral cooperation to a new height with new achievements.

Consuls-General of EU countries in Chongqing and Chengdu, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the delegation of the European Union to China, diplomatic envoys of EU countries, and leaders of relevant Chongqing municipal departments attended the event.

Source/Chongqing Daily

Translation/Gao Xiang, Yang Zeyun, and Tao Yunying

庹堯誨感謝重慶對歐盟使節(jié)團一行的熱情接待和周到安排。瑞典駐華大使宋蓮、芬蘭駐華大使孟藍、愛爾蘭駐華大使安黛文、意大利駐華大使安博思分別發(fā)言。大家說，地方交流是促進中歐合作的重要渠道。重慶是一座在經(jīng)濟、工業(yè)、科技、交通等領(lǐng)域都非常重要的樞紐城市，歐盟各成員國高度重視和看好重慶未來發(fā)展。使節(jié)團愿積極推動與重慶的地方合作，建立完善溝通機制，持續(xù)推動與重慶在經(jīng)貿(mào)、科技、教育、文化等各領(lǐng)域交流合作，特別是促進雙方青年交流交往，不斷增進了解，推動雙方合作邁上新臺階、取得新成效。

部分歐盟國家駐渝蓉總領(lǐng)事、中國歐盟商會、歐盟駐華代表團和有關(guān)國家使節(jié)，市有關(guān)部門負責人參加。