商务部部长薄熙来与欧盟企业与信息社会委员会委员利卡宁应邀出席该仪式并发表致辞。薄熙来在致辞时表示,欧盟已成为世界最重要的经济体之一,不仅在世界经济体系中越来越重要,而且在现代科学技术及服务业等诸多方面有着明显的优势。中国视欧盟为重要的、友好的合作伙伴,近年来中欧贸易得到长足发展。新成员入盟后,从今年头5个月的业绩来看,欧盟已成为中国第一大贸易伙伴,中欧经贸合作的前景十分看好。他表示,中方赞赏欧盟对中方关切的问题所作出的积极回应,相信中欧间良好的、日趋密切的合作会给双方带来双赢的 Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai and EU Corporate and Information Society Committee Ricanin were invited to attend the ceremony and delivered speeches. In his speech, Mr. Bo Xilai said that the EU has become one of the most important economies in the world and not only more and more important in the world economic system, but also has obvious advantages in many aspects such as modern science, technology and service industries. China regards the EU as an important and friendly cooperative partner. In recent years, China-EU trade has made great strides. After joining the new members, judging from the performance of the first five months of this year, the EU has become China’s largest trading partner. The prospects for China-EU economic and trade cooperation are very promising. He said that China appreciates the EU’s positive response to the Chinese concerns and believes that a good and closer cooperation between China and the EU will bring about a win-win situation for both sides