Xinhua News Agency, Ningbo, June 8. The second China-CEEC Expo opened in Ningbo on the 8th. Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and read a congratulatory letter from Chairman Xi Jinping and delivered a speech.
Hu Chunhua pointed out that President Xi Jinping sent a special congratulatory letter to further clarify the direction and goals of deepening China-CEEC cooperation under the new situation, which will surely have an important impact on the consensus of all parties and the promotion of higher-level mutually beneficial cooperation. With the joint efforts of all parties, in recent years, China-CEEC economic and trade cooperation has continuously achieved new results. Bilateral trade exceeded 100 billion U.S. dollars for the first time in 2020, two-way investment has steadily expanded, and the status of Central and Eastern European countries in Asia-Europe connectivity has been continuously improved. Regional cooperation between China and Central and Eastern Europe is in the ascendant, showing a strong momentum of development.
Hu Chunhua emphasized that the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries has entered a new stage of quality improvement and upgrading, and is ushering in a brighter prospect. China is willing to work with Central and Eastern European countries to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and the leaders of Central and Eastern European countries, jointly respond to the challenges of the epidemic, jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, promote the optimization and upgrading of trade cooperation, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in the investment field. China-Central and Eastern Europe cooperation has continuously achieved new results.
In the morning, Hu Chunhua also attended the opening ceremony of the sixth meeting of the China-CEEC Joint Chamber of Commerce. He said that since the establishment of the China-CEEC Joint Chamber of Commerce, it has been actively building bridges for business cooperation and its influence has continued to increase. It is hoped that the member units of the Chamber of Commerce will further play the role of bridges and provide better services for deepening mutual understanding between enterprises and promoting the implementation of projects.
