On the afternoon of May 13, 2017, Premier Li Keqiang met at the Great Hall of the People with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain, who was in China for the attendance at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Li Keqiang noted that Spain is China's good friend and important cooperation partner in the European Union (EU). Both sides respect each other's core interests and major concerns. China is willing to, together with Spain, consolidate traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, expand the scale of two-way trade and investment, enhance exchanges in science, technology and people-to-people and cultural engagement, jointly safeguard trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and make good use of respective advantages to conduct cooperation in third-party markets, so as to achieve mutual benefit as well as win-win and multi-win results. It is hoped that Spain could ease restrictions on high-tech exports to China, which will contribute to promoting a balanced trade growth.

Li Keqiang stressed that China always supports the European integration process, and is glad to see the prosperity and stability of the EU. It is hoped that the EU could earnestly fulfill its obligations in the Article 15 of the Protocol on China's Accession to the World Trade Organization to push China-EU relations and cooperation for in-depth development.

Mariano Rajoy expressed that Spain attaches great importance to developing its relations with China, and that bilateral mutual trust and understanding benefit the long-term cooperation between the two countries. Spain stands ready to make joint efforts with China to boost the growth of trade and investment, oppose protectionism, conduct cooperation in third-party markets in infrastructure construction and other fields, and expand cooperation in the fields including education and tourism. Spain is willing to make efforts for the advancement of EU-China relations.

State Councilor Yang Jing was present.