Press Release: European Union and China step up cooperation in agriculture and rural development

The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Cioloş, and China Minister for Agriculture, Han Changfu, signed in Beijing a Cooperation Plan on Agriculture and Rural Development. Building on established relations between China and the European Union, this Plan will give a new impetus to our partnership and bring mutual benefits by establishing a stronger and closer relationship in agriculture, so that we tackle bilateral and international challenges more effectively together.

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European Commission: Speech/12/441: Dacian Cioloş: China and Europe – A new ambition for a knowledge-based agriculture http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/441&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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