European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday, with both sides revealing desire to deepen cooperation and collectively address global challenges.Wang, likewise a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that this year marks both the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union (EU), and the 80th anniversary of the starting of the United Nations.The more complex and challenging the global landscape ends up being, the more China and the EU, as two excellent civilizations and significant forces, need to reinforce interaction, enhance mutual trust, assume obligations, and function as forces of global stability and certainty, he said.Describing the upcoming China-EU leaders conference as a significant occasion taking place at a critical point, Wang said China eagerly anticipates working with the EU to sum up the valuable experience and important insights from the previous 50 years of the China-EU relations, and draw up the future instructions of dialogue and cooperation for the next 50 years, sending out a clear, positive, and useful signal to the world.Meanwhile, Wang stressed that China has constantly supported European integration, getting in touch with both sides to maintain multilateralism and free trade, secure global guidelines and order, promote serene resolution of international conflicts, and join hands in addressing global obstacles such as environment change.He also highlighted that China stays dedicated to top quality development and top-level opening-up and voiced Chinas preparedness to work with the EU to uphold the positioning as partners, deepen financial and trade cooperation, expand two-way openness, and properly manage differences through consultation to attain shared advantage and win-win results.For her part, von der Leyen said the upcoming EU-China leaders meeting will be the very best chance for both sides to collectively mark the 50th anniversary of the facility of diplomatic ties.Highlighting the EUs commitment to developing stable and useful ties with China, and equally helpful financial and trade cooperation, von der Leyen stated she looks forward to in-depth conversations with Chinese leaders on issues of shared concern, showing the 2 sides commitment and duty to deepen cooperation and jointly deal with global challenges such as climate change, thereby sending out a strong and favorable signal to the world.Von der Leyen likewise reiterated that the EU will continue to stick to the one-China policy.