Spain is looking forward to the continued improvement of Sino-EU relations when it takes over the rotating EU presidency in 2010, said Carlos Blasco Villa, Spain's ambassador to China.

The Spanish government has already been working with China on issues that most concern China, he said without elaborating.

"The presidency is about coordination. But we particularly hope that the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership could be signed at that time," he told China Daily in an interview ahead of the 5th China-Spain Forum which ends today in Chengdu.