European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He shake hands before the EU-China High-level Economic Dialogue in Beijing, June 25, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He made the statement at a joint press conference in Beijing on Monday, with European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen.

He said China hopes the EU will take concrete steps to ease restrictions on European exports to China. In his remarks, Katainen called on China to ease market access restrictions and tackle the issue of steel overcapacity.