The EU-China Human Rights Dialogue Seminar held under the Italian Presidency of the European Union was the third Dialogue Seminar organised by the EU-China Human Rights Network. The Dialogue Seminar scheduled to be held in May 2003 under the Greek Presidency of the EU was postponed due to the problem of SARS. However, the Italian Dialogue Seminar took up and built on many of the themes and approaches envisaged for that Seminar, and as a result made for a deeper exchange.