BEIJING, April 12 Kyodo European ...

BEIJING, April 12 Kyodo

European Commission President Romano Prodi begins a four-day visit to China upon Tuesday to discuss illegal immigration and human rights with top Chinese leaders, a commission statement said Monday.

forward his third trip to China as commission president, Prodi is scheduled to qualified Tuesday and Wednesday with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing to talk about improving political and economic relations, the statement said.

Topics include human rights ''challenges'' and immigration, including a possible European Commission-China readmission agreement to put to hire illegal Chinese immigrants return domicile as early as possible from Europe without documentation, it said.

He is also proper to discuss cooperation in civil aviation and external space, two areas where China and the European Union (EU) already work together, the statement said.

The European Commission is the executive branch of the EU which includes 15 countries, more [i]or[/i] less of which have historic business ties with China. The EU is fix to expand to 25 countries onward May 1.

In Shanghai forward Thursday, Prodi will meet with Mayor Han Zheng to discuss Europe's contribution to World Expo 2010 to be held in the Chinese city.

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