Co-hosted by the CPAFFC and Ningbo Municipal People`s Government, the 2018 China-CEEC Mayors Forum was held in Ningbo on 8 June. Focusing on the theme of `Deepening Local Cooperation for Belt and Road Implementation`, local leaders, scholars and entrepreneurs from China and central and Eastern European countries were gathered to exchange ideas on internet and trade facilitation, investment liberalization and pilot zone for economic cooperation, and innovation and SME cooperation.
Before the Forum, Mr. Qiu Dongyao, Mayor of Ningbo City, and Mme. Lin Yi, Vice President of CPAFFC jointly held a meeting with guests from China and CEE countries.
At the opening ceremony, Mme. Lin Yi, Vice President of CPAFFC, Mr. Hrnciar, Deputy Speaker of Slovak National Assembly, and Mr. Qiu Dongyao, Mayor of Ningbo City, gave speeches respectively. Altogether 300 delegates attended the forum, including over 20 local leaders from Chinese provinces and cities such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Liaoning, Sichuan, Henan, and over 20 CEE local leaders such as Mr. Hrnciar, Deputy Speaker of Slovak National Assembly and Mayor of Martin, and also representatives of China-CEEC friendship associations, embassies and consulates, scholars and entrepreneurs.
At the closing ceremony, participants from China and CEE countries jointly proposed the establishment of China-CEEC Cities Cooperation Committee.
Photographed by Xiu Yujia
