Hangzhou

NINGBO - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Tuesday a FTA with China would boost bilateral trade further and strengthen the Serbian economy.

The 2019 China Products Fair kicked off in Istanbul on Thursday, drawing more than 300 superior Chinese suppliers and many traders from Turkey and other countries.

BELGRADE - The Alibaba Group has shown great interest in expanding operations in the Serbian market, State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Tatjana Matic announced after a meeting with Alibaba executives at the group's headquarters in Hangzhou, China.

HANGZHOU - The Serbian cultural centre in Beijing - expected to open by the end of the year - will promote Serbian art and culture, boosting ties and exchanges with China and forging new partnerships between the two countries' cultural institutions, Serbian Culture Minister Vladan Vukosavljevic said in Hangzhou Friday.

The day after the G-20 Hangzhou Summit in China, I read an article in the Jakarta Post. "The G-20 needs a kick in the butt" was its title. The author, the veteran Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani, was asking G-20 countries to leave their 19th century-esque national trenches, finally arrive in the 21st century and start thinking globally.