国内英语新闻:Chinese premier pledges to support euro, boost cooperation with EU

Meanwhile, Wen also pledged to intensify cooperation with Greece and help the country tide over its current difficulties at an early date.

Since the beginning of this year, the two countries have signed 20 cooperation agreements and business contracts, he said, adding that Greek exports to China in the first half of this year doubled compared with the same period last year.

China and Greece, he said, should broaden bilateral trade, actively explore new areas of trade, and strive to double their bilateral trade volume to 8 billion U.S. dollars in five years.

China would like to import more products that meet the demand of the Chinese market, such as olive oil and wines, so as to "make our bilateral trade not only bigger, but also more balanced," he said.

China and Greece should promote investment cooperation, Wen said, adding that the two nations should push forward trade and investment facilitation and create better conditions for cooperation between their enterprises.

China encourages capable enterprises to set up businesses in Greece and would like to send a trade and investment promotion group to Greece as early as possible to seek cooperation projects in infrastructure and new energy sources, he said.

"In the once-in-a-century financial crisis that has battered the world economy in the last two years, both China and Greece have stood the test," he said.

"We are pleased to note that Greece is coming out of the shadow of sovereignty debt crisis. Your financial market is stabilizing, fiscal deficit is fast coming down, investors' confidence is returning and the prospect of recovery is encouraging," he said.