Xi Jinping

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met early Monday with HBIS Group President Yu Yong to discuss the operations of the Smederevo steel mill and its plans for next year.

Vucic expressed deep gratitude to Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Chinese people and Yu for keeping the Smederevo steel mill running and for its successful operations today.

The inclusion is evidence that China hinges its future development on intensifying cooperation which will endure beyond Xi's tenure. In his speech at the congress, President Xi explained the importance of adopting policies to promote high level economic liberalisation and the facilitation of trade and investment:

BELGRADE - Serbia is China's first comprehensive partner in Central and Eastern Europe and a significant partner in building the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang said in the wake of the 16+1 summit in Budapest.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Dec. 3 the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in its vision of internet development.

A Chinese general has killed himself in his Beijing home after becoming the latest top official ensnared by President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption campaign, state media said on Nov. 28.

A senior Chinese general committed suicide after the authorities began an investigation into him for ties with two corrupt military officers, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Serbian government announced last week that the format of cooperation, "16 + 1," is "a comprehensive mechanism for high-level cooperation in the field of economy, especially infrastructure, as well as in agriculture, culture and media, science and technology, sports, IT sector and other fields."

China will send a special representative of President Xi Jinping on Friday to North Korea, said Xinhua News Agency quoted by the France press as saying today.

Sun Tao, a senior representative of the Communist Party's International Bureau, will have the task of informing Pyongyang about the developments in the party congress where Xi was re-elected as head of the regime, Xinhua said.

BELGRADE - President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic has received a letter from President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping in which the Chinese leader expressed gratitude for Vucic's congratulations on the holding of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and Xi's re-election as secretary-general of the party's Central Committee.

U.S. President Donald Trump pressed China to do more on the North Korean nuclear issue on Nov. 9 and said bilateral trade had been unfair to the United States, but praised President Xi Jinping’s pledge that China would be more open to foreign firms.