As China enters its 15th Five-Year Plan period and the EU advances its Digital Decade goals, Luigi Gambardella, president of the ChinaEU Digital Association, calls for a fundamental shift in China-Europe tech cooperation – from treating each other as mere markets to becoming integrated innovation partners. 

In an exclusive interview with CGTN's Guan Xin, Gambardella highlights industrial internet, artificial intelligence(AI)-powered smart manufacturing and physical AI as key synergy areas, while urging both sides to embrace "co-creation" models where European and Chinese companies jointly research, develop and market products for global audiences from day one.