On the afternoon of 21 November 2013, when co-chairing the 16th China-EU Summit with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council pointed out that the EU is a major pole of the multi-polar world as well as an important cooperative partner in China's process of realizing modernization. The current Summit coincides with the historic moment of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership. China attaches great importance to China-EU relations and is ready to work with the EU to forge ahead in the overall direction of China-EU relations so as to push for unceasing new development of China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership.