一、中欧贸易关系现状从1978年中欧正式建立双边贸易关系开始,经过二十多年的努力,中欧贸易关系的发展总体上呈持续快速增长趋势,双边贸易额逐年增长。近年来,中欧经贸关系空前紧密,进出口贸易年增长率保持在15%以上。据商务部和海关总署统计,2003年中欧贸易额超过1000亿美元,2 1. The current status of China-EU trade relations began with the formal establishment of bilateral trade relations between China and the EU in 1978. After more than two decades of efforts, the development of China-EU trade relations has continued to show a trend of sustained rapid growth. Bilateral trade has increased year by year. In recent years, the economic and trade relations between China and Europe have been unprecedentedly close. The annual growth rate of import and export trade has remained above 15%. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs, the trade volume between China and the EU exceeded US$100 billion in 2003,2