国内英语新闻:China-Europe political party forum concludes in Beijing

BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The first-ever China-Europe High-Level Political Party Forum concluded here Tuesday, reaching broad consensus on many major issues.

It was agreed that both China and Europe should increase comprehensive strategic cooperation to cope with global challenges, and political parties from both sides could play an important and leading role in this cooperation.

The meeting achieved positive results -- deepening mutual understanding and trust through in-depth exchanges of views on the international situation, financial crisis, climate change, environmental protection and China-Europe relations.

Li Yuanchao,head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC),speaks at a welcoming dinner in honour of the participants of China-Europe High-Level Political parties Forum"Global Challenges and China-Europe Cooperation"in Beijing May 25,2010.

All representatives to the meeting from Chinese and European political parties agreed that they would work together to promote China-Europe party-to-party exchanges, saying that the forum had advanced China-Europe cooperation.