The EU-China Geographical Indications Agreement is a bilateral agreement on the protection of geographical indications signed between China and the Council of the European Union. It aims to protect the geographical indication products of both parties and prevent individual counterfeit geographical indication products. At present, the EU-China Chamber of Commerce has compiled the first batch of 100 China-EU geographical indication products that are protected by the two parties' markets. The 100 geographical indication products in the China-Europe Mutual Recognition of Geographical Indications catalogue come from the local specialties of 27 provinces and cities across the country, among which Yantai apples, Jingning apples, Jixian apples and Wendeng apples are included in the list.

In recent years, the scale of China-EU agriculture and agricultural product trade has expanded year by year. According to official statistics from the European Commission, China is the third largest export destination country for EU agricultural products, the fifth largest import source country for EU agricultural products, and one of the core markets for European geographical indication products. In 2019, Sino-European agricultural trade volume reached 19.822 billion euros, of which China exported 5.331 billion euros, an increase of 7.2% over 2018. From 2009 to 2019, the average annual growth rate in the past 10 years was 6.4%; China imported 14.491 billion euros from the EU. This is an increase of 38.3% compared to 2018. From 2009 to 2019, the average annual growth rate in the past 10 years was 21.9%. (European Commission website)