China-CEEC Expo, ZJITS, CICGF close with fruitful results

Conferences and forums

From June 8 to 12, several conferences and forums took place to promote talks in sectors such as customs development and quality inspection. At the China-CEEC Customs Development Forum, a proposal to deepen cooperation was released. A joint statement from the Chine-CEEC Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Dialogue announced six agreements reached among the attending countries. Some new institutions serving the China-CEEC cooperation were also founded.

Krzysztof Senger, member of the board of Investment and Trade Agency in Poland gives a speech at the China-CEEC Investment Cooperation Meeting in Ningbo on June 9. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Important deals

The promotion meeting for the BRI resulted in deals being signed for 14 projects worth $9.7 billion and involving 10 countries and regions from the BRI, such as Russia, Britain, Romania, Australia and Turkey. These projects will advance the development of the initiative in Zhejiang.

The 3rd China-CEEC Investment and Cooperation Symposium produced 163 successfully signed projects, covering fields such as agriculture, energy and infrastructure construction.

A total of 34 projects worth 66.54 billion yuan ($9.79 billion) were signed at ZJITS.

At the 2017 China (Ningbo)-CEEC Tourism Cooperation and Exchange Conference agreement was reached on 26 tourism investment deals worth nearly 80 billion yuan ($11.8 billion).