President Xi Jinping hosted the virtual Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries in Beijing on Feb 9 and made a keynote speech.
Here are some highlights:
- China stands ready to cooperate with Central and Eastern European Countries on vaccines.
- China to import commodities worth $170 billion from Central and Eastern European Countries over next five years.
- China and Central and Eastern European Countries have diversified their ways of thinking and embarked on piloting, as they have taken the lead in exploring the synergy between cross-region cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative.
- Both China and Central and Eastern European Countries believe that openness brings opportunities and inclusiveness leads to diversity, which is the fundamental reason that China-CEEC cooperation could remain robust.
- Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries has developed some principles that are reflective of its distinctive features and accepted by all parties.
- Guided by the conviction that '17 plus 1 could make more than 18,' we have set up a multi-dimensional cooperation framework led by the leaders' summit and covering 20-plus sectors to ensure the participation of all CEE countries.
- China will help Fudan University establish a campus in Hungary as part of a host of measures to boost its cooperation with Central and Eastern European Countries in areas such as culture, education, tourism and sports.
