# The 7th China-CEEC Local Leaders' Meeting and 2026 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week Successfully Held

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- Published: 2026-05-30T18:32:00+07:00
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JINAN, China, May 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — From May 25 to 29, 2026, the 7th China–
CEEC Local Leaders’ Meeting and 2026 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation
and Exchange Week, hosted by Shandong Provincial People’s Government, the Secretariat
of Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries, and China-
CEEC Association of Provincial Governors, was successfully held. More than 600 Chinese
and international guests from 44 countries and 15 provinces, autonomous regions 
and municipalities across China gathered in Shandong to advance cooperation, share
opportunities and shape the future together.

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The 7th China–
CEEC Local Leaders’ Meeting and 2026 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation
and Exchange Week

Under the theme "Shaping the Future Together," the event featured 23 activities,
including the Opening Ceremony, China–CEEC Local Leaders’ Dialogue, Governors’ Dialogue,
High-Quality Development Promotion Session, and Business Matchmaking. The event 
further expanded all-round and targeted exchanges and cooperation between Shandong
and CEECs as well as international friendship cities, promoting higher-level of 
mutually beneficial cooperation and coordinated development.

Several distinguished guests attended the opening ceremony and delivered remarks,
including Ivan Stoilkovikj, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Inter-Community
Relations of North Macedonia, Adrijana Mesarović, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Economy of Serbia, Marinko Čavara, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mirsad Nurković, Vice-
President of the Parliament of Montenegro. Activities such as friends talk and outcome
release were also held, showcasing the achievements and opportunities of China–CEEC
local cooperation as well as collaborations between Shandong and its international
friendship cities, further enriching concrete outcomes and enhancing Shandong’s 
level of opening-up.

Klodiana Spahiu, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Albania, also attended related
events.

The event demonstrated distinctive features of high-level engagement, diversity,
practicality and coordinated development, playing an important role in deepening
exchanges, expanding cooperation channels, empowering collaboration and achieving
mutual benefit. Through the event, Shandong established friendly cooperative relations
with Minsk Region of Belarus, the Ionian Islands Region of Greece, Maritime Region
of Togo, and Jizzakh Region of Uzbekistan. Shandong’s international friendship network
has now expanded to 93 pairs of friendship provinces and states, and 681 pairs of
friendship cities across 109 countries. A series of celebration events were also
held to mark Shandong’s friendship relations with South Australia and Connecticut,
while projects such as the China–Greece Joint Laboratory on Smart Green Agriculture
were launched.

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