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China opposes any attempts to manipulate the COVID-19 origins study in the name of open and transparent scientific study, the spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) has said.

The EU and Japan issued a statement following an online bilateral summit earlier Thursday, expressing serious concerns about the situation in the East and South China Seas, and underscoring the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

In the first four months of this year, China's total trade volume with the EU was 1.63 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.1 percent, according to the General Administration of Customs.

The FT noted the rail freight has also been facilitated by the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, which emphasized the symbolism of "steel camels" and encouraged Chinese provinces to support the cross-border rail transport.

Chinese and European Union negotiation departments are carrying out a necessary legal review of the China-EU investment agreement, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday.