Foreign relations of China

Participants in the summit issued the Sofia Guidelines for Cooperation between China and CEE with "Deepening open and pragmatic cooperation for inclusive prosperity" as its theme. They stressed that the 16+1 Cooperation constitutes an important part of and a positive complementary to the relationship between China and the EU:

AFP - As doubts grow over China's vast "Belt and Road" trade infrastructure project, the EU is launching an alternative plan for Asia that it says will not saddle countries with debt they cannot repay.

Tourism ministers and experts from China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries attended a conference on September 18 to 20, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, to discuss further co-operation in the tourism sector.

The first university-based Taiji health center outside China was inaugurated on Saturday at the newly formed University of West Attica at Aegaleo, western Athens, in cooperation with the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHUTCM).

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in financing for Africa on Monday and said Chinese companies will be encouraged to invest no less than $10 billion over the next three years, but he also warned against "vanity projects".

China offered moral support to Turkey on Aug. 17, saying it believed the country could overcome its "temporary" economic difficulties, in Beijing's first comment on the issue.

A senior Chinese diplomat on Aug. 4 said China hopes Australia will not voice "groundless suspicions" so that ties between the two countries can return to health and stability.

Israel has denied entry to 72 Turkish citizens on grounds they did not have visas, a Turkish tour operator official said on July 29.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he anticipates further collaborations between BRICS countries and Turkey in economic matters in his address at the 10th BRICS summit, proposing to form a "new credit-rating agency" to "strengthen the south-south collaboration" in the global political economy.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged a package of $20 billion (15.12 billion pounds) in loans, and about $106 million in financial aid, to Middle East nations, as part of what he called an "oil and gas plus" model to revive economic growth in the region.