Dombrovskis, who is also the bloc’s trade commissioner, is on a four-day visit to China seeking more balanced economic ties with the EU.
He arrived just over a week after the European Commission said it would investigate whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European producers from cheaper Chinese electric vehicle imports it says are benefiting from state subsidies.
The trip is designed to renew dialogue with China after the COVID-19 pandemic with both sides looking to cool tensions over issues ranging from foreign investment, trade and geopolitics as well as Western criticism of Beijing’s closer ties with Moscow following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.