belonging to minorities such as Tibetans and Uighurs’ and ‘encouraged China to resume a meaningful dialogue with the Dalai Lama’s representatives’, – having regard to the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament of 24 October 2006 entitled ‘EU – China: Closer partners, growing responsibilities’ (COM(2006)0631), – having regard to the Council’s East Asia Policy Guidelines, – having regard to the General Affairs and External Relations Council conclusions of 11-12 December 2006, entitled ‘EU-China Strategic Partnership’, – having regard to the Commission Strategy Paper for China 2007-2013, the Multiannual Indicative Programme 2011-2013, and the 2010 mid-term review of the Strategy Paper and review of the Multiannual Indicative Programme 2011-2013, – having regard to the first-ever policy paper by China on the EU, issued on 13 October 2003, – having regard to the adoption of the new national security law by the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress of 1 July 2015, and the publication of the second draft of a new Foreign NGO Management law on 5 May 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 32nd round held in Beijing on 8-9 December 2014, – having regard to the 60 sectoral dialogues in progress between China and the EU, concerning, inter alia, the environment, regional policy, employment and social affairs and civil society, – 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 EC and China, which entered into force in 20001 and the Science and Technology Partnership Agreement signed on 20 May 2009, – having regard to the EU-China joint statement on Climate Change issued at the 17th EU-China Summit in June 2015, and to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted by China to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 30 June 2015, – having regard to the EU-China Joint Declaration on Energy Security issued in Brussels on 3 May 2012, and to the Energy Dialogue between the EC and China, – having regard to the China-EU Round Tables, 1 OJ L 6, 11.1.2000, p. 40.