China, EU to build trust and create fresh cooperation

On Thursday, leaders of the 28 European Union member states gathered at the autumn summit in Brussels to discuss pressing problems in forming an economic and monetary union and rising unemployment.

Just across the road, visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Ma Kai and seven high-level officials met their European counterparts at the European Commission office for economic and trade talks.

Brussels and Beijing didn't intend to arrange the two meetings at the same time. But this coincidence shows how close the entities' interdependence and bilateral relationship is. And maybe, the EU leaders could have found solutions to their discussions at the venue just meters away.