BEIJING, Feb.9 (Xinhua) – Ahead of the opening of the China-CEEC summit on Tuesday (Central and Eastern European countries), experts and businessmen expressed their hope for stronger bilateral relations, saying that cooperation between the two parties constituted a model of transregional cooperation.
In a small town in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Stanari thermal power plant directly created hundreds of jobs. It is the first plant built by China in Europe and it is “very, very green”, told Xinhua its technical director, Aleksandar Milic.
“Operating a plant of this scale means maintaining a connection with Chinese companies. We are satisfied with our cooperation so far,” he said. “We will maintain this cooperation even more in the future, as it is crucial to keep the plant stable, secure and profitable.”
Ivana Antunovic, editor-in-chief at Croatian Broadcasting Corporation (HRT), for her part considers that cooperation between Europe and China is now more necessary than ever.
Considering the port of Rijeka as the center of even closer cooperation between the two countries, he believes that “Europe (…) should have recourse to more Chinese construction companies, particularly after the very good experience of the construction of the Peljesac bridge “.
“In the future, closer cooperation in science and research should be established and China’s experience in producing COVID-19 vaccines should be used,” Antunovic said. .
Latvian forestry company ABC Timber says it has established stable relations with China. “We have found a number of business partners in China. We are very happy to work with them,” assures his boss, Valts Strazdins. “In recent years, China has become one of Latvia’s biggest export partners, which we welcome.”
Expressing the hope that this China-CEEC summit will advance the partnership, Strazdins said it “is particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has plunged most European economies into difficulty, while China continues to have sustainable growth “.
Airbus, for its part, says it welcomes its strong partnership with China and is ready to support the modernization of the industry in China by continuing to strengthen cooperation with supply chains and trade partners in this country, its chairman told Xinhua. executive, Guillaume Faury.
The aircraft manufacturer is convinced that the China-EU investment agreement, the completion of negotiations of which was announced at the end of 2020, and the strong momentum of the Chinese economy will provide a solid basis for the recovery of the world economy and will create new opportunities for cooperation, he said.
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