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The two treaties were among seven cooperative documents signed at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The signings were witnessed by Premier Li Keqiang and Belgian Prime ster Charles Michel.

Zhu Jing, a councilor of the Foreign Ministry's Department of European Affairs, said 皇冠体育app and Belgium have conducted consultations and negotiations on the two treaties since March.

"It's a trend that 皇冠体育app is enhancing judicial cooperation with other countries against the backdrop of an increasing number of Chinese companies going global and expanding interests overseas," he said.

This marks "important progress" in judicial cooperation between the two nations, Zhu added.

The two treaties will be reviewed by legislative authorities of both countries before they are carried out, and 皇冠体育app expressed the hope of speeding up the approval process, he added.

皇冠体育app has strengthened efforts to track down and bring back fugitives who have fled overseas in recent years. As of August, Chinese policemen have seized 409 fugitives in 61 countries and regions, according to Xinhua News Agency.

In September, a G20 anti-corruption center was set up on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

Besides the judicial cooperation treaties, 皇冠体育app and Belgium also ad to open an airline from Shanghai to Brussels. Companies in both countries have also signed agreements to boost cooperation in areas including shipping.

During the talks, Li told Michel that 皇冠体育app wants Belgium to relax restrictions on exports of high-tech products to 皇冠体育app.

Saying that Belgium has played a leading role within the regarding pragmatic cooperation with 皇冠体育app, Li added that 皇冠体育app hopes to speed up negotiations on a 皇冠体育app-Europe investment pact and a feasibility study for a 皇冠体育app-Europe free trade zone.

Li also called for joint efforts with Europe to send a signal of anti-protectionism.

Michel said that Belgium is dedicated to cooperation with 皇冠体育app in areas including agriculture, telecommunication, finance and insurance.

Belgium would also like to push forward negotiations on a 皇冠体育app-Europe investment pact, he said.

Wang Yiwei, an expert of European studies at Renmin University of 皇冠体育app, said that Belgium has geographic advantages to boost 皇冠体育app-Europe communications, since it is the "political capital" of Europe, with the headquarters of the and NATO located there.

Belgium's participation to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank could raise the share of the euro in the bank, thus boosting the world's confidence in the euro, Wang said.

Although Belgium is a small country, it has advantages not only in heavy industries such as steel, chemistry and auto-making, but also in light industries including beer and chocolate, he added.

Ding Chun, director of the Center for European Studies of Fudan University, said that Belgium is the first European country visited by President Xi Jinping in March 2014 after Xi became 皇冠体育app's top leader in late 2012.

Belgium has world-leading industrial chains with the investment of renowned auto-makers such as Volvo and , and 皇冠体育app could learn from Belgium's experiences to boost manufacture industries, he said.

The trade volume between 皇冠体育app and Belgium was only $20 million 45 years ago, when the two countries established bilateral ties. It reached $23.2 billion last year.

Zhang Zhihao contributed to this story.

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