PROMOTE EURASIA COOPERATION, COMMON DEVELOPMENT

The Asia-Europe Meeting, or ASEM, has always been an important communication platform for the two continents.

At the meeting, Premier Wen exchanged views and reached consensus on issues like global economic governance, sustainable development, international and regional issues and the cooperation process between Asia and Europe, Yang said.

The latest ASEM was held amid a slow global economic recovery with a theme of "Quality of Life: How to Ensure Greater Prosperity and More Dignity for All Citizens." Russia, Australia and New Zealand were received as new members at the meeting, bringing the number of its members to 48.

The meeting passed "the Chair's Statement of the Eighth Asia-Europe Meeting" and the "Brussels Declaration on More Effective Global Economic Governance," which express the will of the two continents to develop together and show mutual concern like the ones in the same boat.

While addressing the eighth ASEM, Wen called the two continents to work together for the balanced and sustainable recovery of the world economy, push forward global economic governance and international financial system reform. He also called on the two continents to stick to the path of sustainable development and promote green growth.

During the meeting, Premier Wen met with world leaders including French President Nicolas Sarkozy and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

While meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Wen reiterated that the Diaoyu Islands are an inherent part of the Chinese territory, and pointed out that maintaining and promoting the bilateral strategic mutual beneficial relationship is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples.

All these efforts effectively boosted the development of relations between China and the foreign countries.