Premier Li proposes multiple measures for future China-CEEC cooperation
http://english.gov.cn/premier/news/2019/04/13/content_281476606773244.htm
DUBROVNIK, Croatia, April 12 — Premier Li Keqiang on April 12 proposed a series of measures to promote cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs).
Premier Li made the proposal when addressing the eighth China-CEEC leaders’ meeting in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik.
Premier Li noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping recently made successful visits to three European countries, injecting new impetus into deepening development of the China-European Union (EU) comprehensive strategic partnership.
As part of the China-EU relations, the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism has been conducive to promoting European integration process and advancing the China-EU ties, the Premier said.
Members of the mechanism stick to the principles of mutual respect and equal treatment, uphold the spirit of openness and inclusiveness, follow international rules and EU laws and regulations, and respect the responsibilities and obligations that EU members among the 16 CEECs need to fulfill, Premier Li said.
The cooperation mechanism attaches equal importance to trade and investment, and combines economic cooperation with people-to-people exchanges, having not only promoted common development but also facilitated Europe’s balanced development, said Premier Li.
The mechanism has become a major pillar for China-EU comprehensive cooperation, he added.
Noting that the leaders’ meeting takes “Building new bridges through openness, innovation and partnership” as its theme, Premier Li called for making the bridge of openness broader, the bridge of innovation clearer, and the bridge of partnership more solid.
On future development of the China-CEEC cooperation, Premier Li called for jointly defending multilateral trade system, upholding such basic principle as openness, transparency, inclusiveness and nondiscrimination, and sticking to the direction of trade liberalization.
Premier Li visits Peljesac Bridge with Croatia’s PM
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Premier Li Keqiang and Croatian Prime Minister Plenkovic visited a major bridge under construction. The European Union is funding work on the Peljesac Bridge and a Chinese company won the contract. The bridge will connect two parts of Croatia now separated by Bosnia. Premier Li describes the project as a model of cooperation under the 16+1 framework and a symbol of friendship between the two countries. He said he hopes the project will be finished soon and help improve people’s lives there.