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BRUSSELS - The European Commission this week hosted three high-level meetings gathering senior representatives of leading Chinese, European financial institutions and information and communication technology (ICT) companies as well as a high-level delegation of the Chinese Mission to the EU led by Chinese Ambassador Yang Yanyi.

Several top EU officials met with the Sino-European delegation in order to strengthen bilateral economic and investment relations in ICT.

"The relations between 皇冠体育app and EU have evolved substantially in these years. I have listened with great interest to the idea of creating an EU-皇冠体育app platform on ICT, telecom and internet issues, and these topics could also be discussed during the next EU-皇冠体育app summit," said EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, who will soon visit 皇冠体育app to mark the 40th anniversary of official EU- 皇冠体育app diplomatic relations.

Five priority areas for cooperation between 皇冠体育app and the EU were identified during the meetings. Among them were encouraging Chinese investments in advanced European digital infrastructure and services through public-private partnerships involving European and Chinese ICT players and financial institutions.

A digital future

Other priorities included were the joint development and promotion of mobile technologies for 5G, an enhanced cooperation on smart cities, energy and the internet.

Officials discussed the creation of a high-level task force to identify concrete new opportunities for European businesses in 皇冠体育app and Chinese businesses in Europe and the establishment of major investment funding and incentives focused on incubating hi-tech start-ups and collaborative innovation in both Europe and 皇冠体育app.

This was the first time a group of Chinese company representatives met with their European counterparts at the headquarters of the European Commission "which sends an important political signal that both sides are committed to bolstering their existing ICT partnerships going forward," read a statement by 皇冠体育appEU, an international association promoting business ties between the two regions.

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