China and the European Union can play even bigger role in confronting global challenges, achieving development and safeguarding world peace, said Wang Gang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday.

Wang made the remarks during a meeting with Mario Sepi, president of the European Economic and Social Committee(EESC).

Wang, also president of the China Economic and Social Council(CESC), said the cooperation between the CESC and the EESC had achieved results since the round table mechanism initiated in 2007. He pledged to promote the cooperation between the two councils to contribute to Sino-EU relations.

Sepi said the EESC would work with China to boost comprehensive and strategic partnership.

(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2009)