China-EU summit set for November 30 in Nanjing

China and the European Union will hold their annual summit on November 30 in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, with climate change and the global economy topping the agenda, the EU said Tuesday.
"As the summit will focus on the new China-European Union strategic partnership, climate change and the global financial crisis will certainly be on the agenda," the EU's Beijing-based spokesman William Fingleton told AFP.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who holds the EU's rotating presidency, and China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao are expected to attend the meeting, he said.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman declined to confirm details on the meeting, saying preparations were still under way.
European officials have increasingly become concerned that the rising value of the euro is harming the continent's exports and giving an advantage to global competitors the United States and China.
The chairman of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, said on Monday that finance chiefs from the 16 countries that use the euro will travel to China in the coming weeks seeking to calm currency movements.