The EU and China have strengthened their increasingly close relationship with the signing of two important agreements in Beijing on October 30.
One secures China's backing for Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation project, and the other relaxes visa restrictions for Chinese tourists visiting Europe.
Chinese Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, told a joint news conference after the summit: "We hope the European Union will become our biggest partner in economic and trade relations".
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