Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende  shakes hands with China's Premier Wen Jiabao.

The EU and China will sign a declaration on non-proliferation issues and could also sign an accord on arms control.

They are also considering a new cooperative economic and trade agreement.

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao was joined at the summit by the EU rotary chairman and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Durao Barroso and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.