Brussels is also looking to Beijing for multi-billion-dollar cooperation agreements toC expand economic activities in the European Union.

Against the backdrop that both sides are staging events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations, which has established on 6th May, 1975, I suggest that a new context, new concepts and new narratives should be established by scholars and thinkers when talking about China.

To open further, Beijing has proposed establishing the Belt and Road Initiatives and the agreement with Pakistan was the very first step to materialize the proposal.

Speaking at the Asian-African Summit last week, Xi proposed boosting Asia-Africa cooperation, expanding South-South cooperation and promoting South-North cooperation, in a speech in which he called on countries to enhance their cooperation to jointly build a community of common destiny for all mankind.

And of course during his ties-off talks with US President Barack Obama at the Sunnylands estate in California in June 2013, Xi proposed the two countries build a new type of relationship between major powers.

So, to make debates, such as the one in Brussels last week, constructive, all the new diplomatic thinking that China has initiated should be taken into consideration. Those looking for convergences will increasingly struggle to support their arguments.

In the new context of the international situation, China's leaders have produced new concepts that in turn are resulting in new narratives, ones that instead of being divisive, bring peoples closer together.

The author is China Daily chief correspondent in Brussels. fujing@chinadaily.com.cn