China has consistently supported the process of integration within Europe and is willing to see Europe play a larger role in the international community.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks on Monday after British Prime Minister David Cameron said the country will have a referendum on June 23 about whether to stay in the European Union.
Cameron made the announcement on Saturday.
"Leaving Europe would threaten our economic and our national security," he said, describing the country leaving the EU as "a leap in the dark".
On the other hand, he emphasized that Britain "will never join the Euro", "will never be part of Eurozone bailouts", and "will never be part of the passport-free no borders area, or a European Army or an EU super-state".
Among other objectives achieved through negotiations during the European Council meeting from Thursday to Friday that were listed in another statement, Cameron said he had secured new measures for his country to deal with migration, including "a breakthrough agreement for Britain to reduce the unnatural draw that our benefits system exerts across Europe".
The European Union said EU leaders, "following intense negotiations" during the meeting, "achieved a deal which strengthens Britain's special status in the EU", emphasizing the deal is "a legally binding and irreversible decision by all 28 leaders".
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, said Britain and the EU need each other: "To break the link now would be totally against our mutual interests. We have done all we could not to let that happen."
