China's economic development benefits Sino-Dutch ties (2)

According to the latest statistics, bilateral economic trade between China and the Netherlands reached a new record of 68.15 billion U.S. dollars in 2011 which saw a year-on-year rise of 21.3 percent. The Netherlands has been China's second-biggest trade partner in the EU for nine consecutive years.

"So for the future, I would expect that there will be a lot of continuity. The economic side will be very important," he said.

Meanwhile, there are also new drivers to the relation between the two countries for the future.

"We already have strong bilateral trade and a lot of Dutch investment in China, and in the next few years, there will also be a lot of Chinese investment in the Netherlands. The relationship will be more balanced in that sense," Van der Putten said.

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