Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Mirek Topolanek, whose country currently holds the rotating European Union presidency, at EU headquarters in Brussels.

During his visit to the EU headquarters, the second after his first trip to Brussels in 2004, Wen held talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and met EU foreign and security policy chief Javier Solana. He also had a luncheon with EU leaders, including Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country holds the current EU presidency.

The two sides announced that a China-EU summit will be held as soon as possible. The summit, which was originally scheduled for December last year, was postponed after French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country at that time held the rotating EU presidency, met the Dalai Lama, who is regarded as a separatist by China.

China and the EU also signed nine agreements, covering health, customs, education, intellectual property rights, environment and civil aviation.