Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. They cover a combined area of over 1.3 million square km, with a population of 123 million.

- First China-CEE Leaders' Meeting

  Warsaw, Poland

  April 26, 2012

Leaders of China and 16 CEE countries agreed to view relations with one another from a strategic height and long-term prospective. They also agreed to develop future-oriented friendly partnerships based on equality, mutual respect and benefit.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao put forward 12 measures to enhance relations with CEE countries. He stressed that China's bid to strengthen ties with CEE countries is an important part of efforts to boost China-Europe relations and conform to the interests of all sides.

- Second China-CEE Leaders' Meeting

  Bucharest, Romania

  November 26, 2013

China and CEE countries issued an action plan and pledged to expand investment and boost infrastructure collaboration.

The countries also agreed to expand cultural and people-to-people exchanges, strengthen communication and coordination on global and regional affairs and broaden common interests.