China and the European Union have issued a joint call to action on climate change during a tense summit in Beijing.

Adam Dunnett, secretary general of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, expressed hope that China and the EU would continue to deepen and expand their cooperation. He was attending the China-Europe CEO Roundtable held in Beijing on Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping criticised Brussels's recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war.

As the two biggest economic targets in Donald Trump’s trade war, some analysts thought the European Union and China could move closer together and stake out common ground.

E.U. leaders are in Beijing to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations with China, but they have major disagreements over trade and Russia’s war against Ukraine.

A joint statement promised new efforts to cut emissions at a time when China is positioning itself as the world’s one-stop shop for clean energy technologies.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the EU must deepen trust in a turbulent world but the bloc's chiefs called for "real solutions" to move past an inflection point as they met in Beijing on Thursday.

China's Premier Li Qiang warned Saturday that artificial intelligence development must be weighed against the security risks, urging global consensus.

The European Union and China committed to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under President Donald Trump.