(251125) -- BUDAPEST, Nov. 25, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Xu Mingqi, honorary president of the Shanghai Institute for European Studies, speaks during a book launch event and the China-EU relations symposium in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov. 24, 2025. Chinese and European scholars and diplomats gathered in Budapest on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of China-EU diplomatic relations, calling for concentration on common interests and pragmatic engagement as global uncertainty increases.
The symposium, titled "Rethinking and Reshaping China-EU Relations in a Turbulent World," was co-organized by the think tank Eurasia Center in Hungary and Fudan University's Center for China-EU Relations. It also saw the launch of a new joint academic volume, "Sino-European Relations and the Reshaping of the International Order," presenting perspectives from Chinese, Hungarian, Czech and Serbian scholars on the evolution of China-EU ties over the past half-century. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
