Wang Gang (R), vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and president of the China Economic and Social Council (CESC), shakes hands with European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) President Staffan Nisson in Beijing, capital of China, May 8, 2011. The CESC would expand cooperation with the EESC, according to Wang Gang here on Sunday. [Lan Hongguang/Xinhua]