China's Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua held talks with Vice President of the European Economic Community Commission Christopher Soames on May 6, 1975 and reached consensus on establishing diplomatic relations between China and the EEC.

China's ambassador to Belgium Li Lianbi presented Letter of Appointment to Italian Foreign Minister Mariano Rumor and President of the EC Commission Francois-Xavier Ortoli, and became the head of the Chinese Mission to the ECC and the first Permanent Representative of China to the EEC.

Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Li Qiang visited the EC headquarters. China-EC Trade Agreement was signed.

Vice president of the EC Commission Hafercamp paid a visit to China, marking the first official visit to China by an EC delegation after the establishment of diplomatic ties.

The first meeting of China-EC Economic and Trade Mixed Committee was held in Beijing. A decision was made by the EC to grant China the Most Favored Nation status.

President of the EC Commission Thorn visited China. The two sides declared the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian and Foreign Minister Claud Cheysson of France, which held the EC Presidency, held the first China-EC foreign ministerial political consultation in Paris.

China-EC Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement was signed in Brussels.

The EC Commission opened its diplomatic mission in Beijing. Pierre Duchateau became the fist head of the mission.

The EC decided to freeze its relations with China and imposed arms embargo and a series of other sanction measures on China. The China-EU relationship was seriously harmed.

The EC decided to lift most of the sanction measures on China except the arms embargo. The high-level exchanges of visits between the two sides and the cooperation in various fields began to return to normalcy.

The Chinese side sent a letter of reply and a non-paper to Greece, which held the EU Presidency, to confirm the establishment of China-EU political dialogue. The European side confirmed the formal launch of the China-EU political dialogue mechanism.

The European Commission endorsed the policy paper entitled "A Long Term Policy for China-Europe Relations", which was aimed at comprehensive development of EU-China relations.

The European Commission endorsed the policy paper entitled "Building a Comprehensive Partnership with China" and proposed to raise the EU-China relation to a new level.

The first China-EU Summit was held in London. The two sides committed themselves to building a long-term, stable, and constructive partnership oriented towards 21st century.

China-EU Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation was signed in Brussels.

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji visited the EU headquarters.

The fourth China-EU summit was held in Brussels. The two sides decided to build a comprehensive partnership.

China and the EU renewed the political dialogue agreement by exchanging letters.

China released its first policy paper on the EU, and the EU unveiled its fifth policy paper on China.

The two sides decided to develop a comprehensive strategic partnership, signed the "China-EU Agreement on Cooperation in EU’s Galileo Satellite Navigation Program" and "China-EU Framework Agreement on Establishing Mechanism for Dialogue on Industrial Policies".

China set up a high-level intra-departmental coordination mechanism on relations with EU, which was headed by Tang Jiaxuan, state councilor.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited the EU headquarters.

President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso visited China.

The two sides launched regular dialogue mechanism at deputy foreign minister level.

The European Commission issued a policy document regarding China, called "EU-China: Closer Partners, Growing Responsibilities."

Oct., 2006

The 10th China-EU summit was held in Beijing, during which both sides agreed to launch the China-EU economic and trade dialogue mechanism at the vice premiership level.

The first China-EU High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue was held in Beijing. Both sides agreed to take turns to hold annual dialogue.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid an official visit to the EU headquarters.

The two sides decided to raise the level of strategic dialogues. In September, China and the EU opened their first high-level strategic dialogue, co-chaired by China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

China-EU Year of Youth was the first theme year between China and the EU since the establishment of diplomatic ties, and is also the largest-ever China-EU cultural exchange program.

The EU and China opened their year of intercultural dialogue to enhance mutual understanding and cultural cooperation.

During the 14th China-EU Summit, China and EU agreed to establish the China-EU High Level People-to-People Dialogue. In April, China's State Councilor Liu Yandong and Androulla Vassiliou, EU commissioner for education, culture, multilingualism and youth presided over the first high-level people-to-people dialogue.

The 16th China-EU Summit was held in Beijing. The two sides jointly adopted the China-EU 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission when he visited EU headquarters. China and the EU pledged to deepen their partnership for peace, growth, reform and civilization.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with President of European Parliament when he attended the Hamburg Summit of China-Europe Forum. Premier Li met with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in Milan, Italy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on sidelines of G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping upon request held a telephone conversation with Donald Tusk, the new President of the European Council.