P7_TA(2013)0097 EU-China relations European Parliament resolution of 14 March 2013 on EU-China relations (2012/2137(INI)) The European Parliament, – having regard to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the EU and China in May 1975, – having regard to the main legal framework for relations with China, namely the EC-China 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 negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement that have been ongoing since 2007, – having regard to the EU-China Strategic Partnership launched in 2003, – 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, – having regard to the Commission communication of 24 October 2006 to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘EU – China: Closer partners, growing responsibilities’ (COM(2006)0631), – having regard to the Commission policy paper entitled ‘A maturing partnership: shared interests and challenges in EU-China relations’ (COM(2003)0533), endorsed by the European Council on 13 October 2003, – 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 EU-China dialogue on human rights, launched in 1995, and to the latest two rounds of the dialogue, the 30th round held in Beijing on 16 June 2011 and the 31st round held in Brussels on 29 May 2012, – having regard to the almost 60 sectoral dialogues ongoing between China and the Union 1 OJ L 250, 19.9.1985, p. 2.