Contemporary economic relations between European Union and China (Wspolczesne relacje ekonomiczne pomiedzy Unia Europejska a Chinami)

The purpose of this article is to present the directions of development of economic cooperation between the EU-Member States and China. Various research and analyses show that the economic relations between the European Union and China will be strengthened. The main stimulus to intensify cooperation between the parties was the global economic and financial crisis, which led to economic imbalances in the world. As a result of the economic downturn of the past, plans to intensify cooperation on various levels arose, in particular by stimulating trade and flow of foreign investment. Today, the largest European trading partners for China are Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and the Netherlands. The most promising sectors of cooperation between the partners are: infrastructure and transport, solutions for deploying technologies for alternative energy sources, transfer of green technologies, machinery and high technology equipment.