news

spanish prime minister pedro sánchez paid an official visit to china from september 8 to 11. on september 10, pedro sánchez attended the china-spain business forum in shanghai and participated in the unveiling ceremony of the shanghai spanish cultural center (instituto cervantes), committed to promoting further economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

while attending the china-spain business forum, sanchez stressed the importance of green economic cooperation to bilateral relations and proposed more effective cooperation in the future.

on september 10, spanish prime minister sanchez delivered a speech at the china-spain business forum. photo by xinhua news agency reporter fang zhe

sanchez specifically talked about the current complex international trade situation. regarding the eu's additional tariffs on chinese electric vehicles, he said: "spain calls for dialogue within the wto framework to seek a solution. we must develop economic and trade relations and avoid trade wars, because this is not good for the world."

witnessed by sanchez, the spanish government signed a hydrogen energy cooperation agreement with china envision energy co., ltd. according to the agreement, envision will build a zero-carbon hydrogen energy industrial park in spain, deploy hydrogen energy equipment factories and green hydrogen industry chains, and help spain and europe's carbon neutral transformation and the construction of a new green industrial system.

in terms of cultural exchanges, sanchez attended the unveiling ceremony of the shanghai spanish cultural center (cervantes institute).

he said: "the common emphasis of spain and china on language teaching and cultural exchanges is not only conducive to the development of bilateral relations, but also builds a bridge across the pacific, connecting china with latin america and the caribbean."

the cervantes institute is a public institution founded by spain in 1991. following the establishment of the beijing spanish cultural center (cervantes institute) in 2006, the shanghai spanish cultural center (cervantes institute) is the second center opened by the institution in china. (reporter tang siqi)

(xinhua news agency)