European Parliament 2014-2019 TEXTS ADOPTED P8_TA(2015)0458 EU-China Relations European Parliament resolution of 16 December 2015 on EU-China relations (2015/2003(INI)) The European Parliament, – having regard to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the EU and China as of 6 May 1975, – having regard to the EU-China Strategic Partnership launched in 2003, – having regard to the main legal framework for relations with China, namely the ECChina Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement1, signed in May 1985, which covers economic and trade relations and the EU-China cooperation programme, – having regard to the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation agreed on 21 November 2013, – having regard to the structured EU-China political dialogue formally established in 1994 and the High-Level Strategic Dialogue on strategic and foreign policy issues established in 2010, in particular the 5th EU-China High Level Strategic Dialogue held in Beijing on 6 May 2015, – having regard to the negotiations for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement which have been ongoing since 2007, – having regard to the negotiations for a Bilateral Investment Agreement that were started in January 2014, – having regard to the 17th EU-China Summit, which took place in Brussels on 29 June 2015, and to the joint statement issued at its conclusion, – having regard to the remarks made by Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, on 29 June 2015 at the joint press conference with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang following the 17th EU-China Summit, in which he expressed the EU’s ‘concerns on freedom of expression and association in China, including the situation of the persons 1 OJ L 250, 19.9.1985, p. 2.