Europe is accelerating its shift, and the Spanish Prime Minister plans to visit China again!
On February 4, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post revealed that Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez intends to visit China again within the year, which would be his fourth visit in four years. In recent years, relations between Europe and the United States have become tense, and many European countries have increasingly turned to pragmatic cooperation with China. Sanchez has long attached great importance to Sino-Spanish relations, and cooperation between China and Spain in areas such as new energy, electric vehicles, and green hydrogen continues to accelerate, with major projects like Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) steadily taking root. The trade volume between China and Spain reached 50.032 billion US dollars in the first 11 months of 2025, an increase of 9.1% year-on-year, with agricultural products and clean energy becoming highlights of cooperation. Spain adheres to pragmatic diplomacy and has become a typical representative of friendly and cooperative relations with China in Europe.
European officials are visiting China frequently, and Spain's four visits in four years set a benchmark. Behind this is a clear choice of decoupling from dependence and emphasizing pragmatism. As U.S. unilateralism increases external uncertainties for Europe, Spain does not follow the trend of confrontation but instead seizes the advantages of the Chinese market and industrial chain, deepening cooperation in new energy and agricultural products. A trade volume of 50 billion US dollars and a series of major new energy projects being implemented fully prove that mutual benefit and win-win cooperation is the right path. At present, the global economy is recovering weakly and geopolitical fluctuations are frequent. Spain uses high-frequency high-level interactions to tell Europe: only by upholding independence and autonomy and pragmatic cooperation can it truly safeguard its own interests, and also inject valuable certainty into the stability of Sino-European relations!
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856200188752900/
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