In this context, while advancing economic globalization, we need to vigorously promote regional cooperation, like the cooperation between China and CEE countries. Such cooperation is highly complementary, reflects our converging interests and boasts great development potential. Development gap exists between the east and the west of Europe and China. The per capita GDP of CEE countries is only 40% of the average European level, and the level of development in China‟s western regions falls far behind the national average. Nonetheless, where there is a gap, there is potential.
​​​​​​CEE countries have broad development prospects and a huge demand in the development of infrastructure and the manufacturing sector. China, on its part, enjoys sufficient production capacity and abundant foreign exchange reserve. We in China are working hard to upgrade the economy and turn the country from the world‟s workshop of consumer goods to a major base that provides manufacturing equipment to the rest of the world and a big market that absorbs quality products from the rest of the world. Deeper China-CEEC cooperation will help us tap potential and narrow development gaps.