China, EU to jointly address global challenges: FM spokeswoman

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China, EU to jointly address global challenges: FM spokeswoman

2025-07-03 17:52 Last Updated At：22:47

China and the European Union (EU) are willing to further strengthen communication and coordination in addressing global challenges, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday at a regular press briefing in Beijing.

Mao made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to comment on Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Europe.

During the visit, Wang met with European Council President Antonio Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, held the 13th round of China-EU High-level Strategic Dialog with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the EU Kaja Kallas in Brussels. He also met and had talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot, respectively, said the spokeswoman.

"Foreign Minister Wang Yi said this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-EU diplomatic relations, which is of great significance in building on past achievements and charting the future. The two sides need to take stock of the useful experience and important inspirations of the progress made in China-EU relations over the past 50 years, outline the blueprint of dialogue and cooperation in the next 50 years, and send a clear and positive message. China stands ready to work with the EU to see each other as partners, deepen economic and trade cooperation, open wider to each other, properly handle differences through consultation, and achieve win-win results. In the turbulent and rapidly changing international landscape, as two major players, markets and civilizations in the world, China and the EU need to uphold multilateralism and free trade, safeguard international rules and order, promote the peaceful settlement of international disputes, jointly address climate change and other global challenges, and serve as the 'anchor of stability' for the world. China stands ready to strengthen communication and coordination with the EU, make preparations for the next China-EU Summit, and add new substances to and open new prospects for the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership," said Mao.

"The EU side expressed its commitment to developing a steady and constructive relationship and mutually beneficial economic and trade cooperation with China. Despite differences between the two sides, the EU stands ready to work with China with mutual respect, overcome disagreements, enhance understanding, and jointly address global challenges. It looks forward to joint efforts to make the next EU-China Summit a full success," the spokeswoman noted.

"We also noted that some people in the EU stick to the Cold-War mentality, choose to believe disinformation, deliberately highlight disagreements, and lack the right perception of China and China-EU ties. This harms China-EU cooperation, and does no good to the EU itself. We hope that the EU will embrace an objective and rational perception of China, practice a more positive and practical China policy and ensure the sound and steady growth of China-EU ties," she continued.

China aims for secure, reliable supply of AI core tech by 2027

China aims to achieve secure and reliable supply of key core artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027, with its industrial scale and empowerment level remaining among the world's forefront, according to a recent government action plan.

The plan, jointly issued by eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the National Development and Reform Commission, outlines an ambitious push to deeply integrate AI with the manufacturing sector, foster new quality productive forces and comprehensively empower new industrialization. By 2027, the plan targets the deep application of three to five general-purpose large AI models in manufacturing, the development of specialized, full-coverage industry-specific large models, the creation of 100 high-quality industrial datasets, and the promotion of 500 typical application scenarios.

It also aims to cultivate two to three globally influential ecosystem-leading enterprises, a batch of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises, and a group of enabling service providers proficient in both AI technology and industry know-how.

Furthermore, China plans to build a world-leading open-source ecosystem, enhance security governance capabilities, and contribute Chinese solutions to global AI development.

The document outlines measures including promoting the coordinated development of AI chips' hardware and software, supporting innovations in model training and inference methods, fostering key industry-specific large models, and deeply embedding large model technology into core production processes.

The plan also emphasizes making breakthroughs in key technologies such as security protection for industrial model algorithms and training data protection.