Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong(right) shakes hands with Tibor Navracsics, the chair of China-EU high-level people-to-people dialogue from the EU side, and EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, in Beijing, capital of China, October 10, 2016 (XINHUA)

China is willing to expand exchanges with the EU and boost China-EU people-to-people dialogues to benefit more people from both sides, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong said.

Liu made the remarks when meeting with Tibor Navracsics, chair of China-EU high-level people-to-people dialogue from the EU side, and EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.

China and EU attach great importance to people-to-people exchanges, and have successfully held three meetings under the China-EU high-level people-to-people dialogue mechanism, Liu said, adding the cooperation has been fruitful.

Navracsics said that the EU will continue to enhance people-to-people exchanges with China in order to promote the EU-China relationship.

(Xinhua News Agency October 10, 2016)