British Prime Minister Tony Blair and European Union (EU) leaders left Beijing Tuesday for India at the end of their two-day visit to China.

Blair, along with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Union (EU) Council Secretary-General Javier Solana, were in the Chinese capital to attend the China-EU summit.

Before the summit, Chinese President Hu Jintao met with them. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao also held talks with Blair.

During the summit, China and the EU signed a number of agreements to "facilitate their all-round strategic partnership," covering such fields as transportation, environmental protection, space development and construction projects at Beijing Capital Airport.

The two sides also issued a joint statement of the China-EU summit and Joint Declaration on Climate Change.

Blair, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the 25-nation EU, said that it was beneficial to both China and the EU to help their relationship grow.

The timing of the summit, an annual event since 1998, coincided with the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the EU.

China and the EU agreed to develop all-round strategic partnership in 2003. The EU became China's largest trade partner last year, with two-way trade growing 33.6 percent year-on-year to 177.28 billion US dollars.

Source: Xinhua