EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA COUNTRY LEVEL EVALUATION Final Synthesis Report April 2007 Evaluation for the European Commission This evaluation is commissioned by: the Evaluation Unit common to: EuropeAid Co-operation Office, Directorate General for Development and External Relations Directorate-General This evaluation is carried out by: EGEval II EEIG Landis MacKellar was the team leader (and covering the trade sector), Markus Taube (trade and economic and social reform - graphs and data provided by THINK!DESK), Carsten Hüttche (environment), Serani Siegel and Liu Kaiming (governance, human rights and rule of law). The evaluation is managed by the evaluation unit who also chaired the reference group composed by members of the services (EuropeAid, DG Relex, DG Trade, Environment and ECOFIN and the EC Delegation in China) and the Embassy of China in Belgium The opinions expressed in this document represent the authors’ points of view which are not necessarily shared by the European Commission or by the authorities of the countries concerned. Any enquiries about this evaluation should be addressed to: European Commission/ EuropeAid/ Evaluation Unit Rue de la Loi, 41, Office: 03/83, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium, Email:
[email protected] Full reports can be obtained from the evaluation unit website: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/evaluation/eval_reports/country_region.htm Evaluation of EC Cooperation & Partnership with China, Final Synthesis Report Acknowledgements: The evaluation of the EC's engagement with a large country at a particularly dynamic stage of its development, and of its evolving relationship to Europe is challenging.