– having regard to the Council conclusions of 18 July 2016 on EU Strategy on China, – having regard to the joint report from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 24 April 2018 entitled ‘Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Annual Report 2017’ (JOIN(2018)0007), – having regard to the Council’s guidelines of 15 June 2012 on the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy in East Asia, – having regard to the adoption of the new national security law by the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress on 1 July 2015, – having regard to the White Paper of 26 May 2015 on China’s military strategy, – having regard to the EU-China dialogue on human rights launched in 1995 and the 35th round thereof, held in Brussels on 22 and 23 June 2017, – having regard to the more than 60 sectoral dialogues between the EU and China, – having regard to the establishment in February 2012 of the EU-China High-Level People-to-People Dialogue, which accommodates all EU-China joint initiatives in this field, – having regard to the scientific and technological cooperation agreement between the European Community and China, which entered into force in 20001, and the Science and Technology Partnership Agreement signed on 20 May 2009, – having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Climate Agreement, which came into force on 4 November 2016, – having regard to the Energy Dialogue between the European Community and China, – having regard to the EU-China Round Tables, – having regard to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which took place from 18 to 24 November 2017, – having regard to the ‘Environmental Protection Tax Law’ promulgated by the National People’s Congress in December 2016, which came into effect on 1 January 2018, – having regard to the fact that the International Organisation for Migration has stated that environmental factors have an impact on national and international migration flows, as people leave places with harsh or deteriorating conditions resulting from accelerated climate change2, – having regard to the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY), launched in Venice on 19 January 2018, 1 2 OJ L 6, 11.1.2000, p. 40. https://www.iom.int/migration-and-climate-change