China's EU ambassador Zhang Ming praises growing relations

China's ambassador to the EU, Zhang Ming, has echoed the calls for multilateralism made by China's President Xi Jinping and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel at the World Economic Forum.

Speaking to Friends of Europe, a Brussels-based think tank, Zhang reiterated China's hopes that the new Biden administration would be willing to manage differences after four difficult years of U.S. foreign policy.

"We hope that the U.S. could join our efforts to step up cooperation, manage differences and bring China-U.S. relations back to a sound and steady track," Zhang said.