Archives June 2025

On June 23 to 24, local time, Pan Feng, President of Europe-China Economic Cooperation and Development Council (ECECDC), led a business delegation to Romania. During the visit, he held discussions with Florin Spataru, State Adviser to the Romanian Prime Minister’s Office, Adrian Năstase, former Prime Minister of Romania, Aurelian Gogulescu, President of the Prahova Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and other political and business leaders. The talks focused on important issues such as China-Romania economic and trade cooperation, the preparation for the First China-Europe Business Leaders and Former Senior Officials Dialogue, and the organization of the Fourth Global Geographical Indication Products Expo (GIPE 2025).

Pan Feng stated that China-Europe and China-Romania economies are highly complementary, with vast potential for cooperation. ECECDC will fully utilize its platform advantages to promote the successful implementation of these two major events, facilitate efficient connections between political and business resources, and use geographical indication product cooperation as a key approach to advancing bilateral trade and cultural exchanges, aiming for mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. Adrian Năstase highly praised the active role of ECECDC in promoting bilateral cooperation and expressed his expectation that the China-Europe Business Leaders and Former Senior Officials Dialogue will build a high-level dialogue bridge to create more practical cooperation opportunities for businesses. The visit further enhanced mutual trust between China and Europe, laying a solid foundation for future pragmatic cooperation across multiple fields and is expected to inject new momentum into China-Europe economic cooperation.

On the morning of June 20, local time, Pan Feng, President of Europe-China Economic Cooperation and Development Council (ECECDC), led a business delegation to visit Spain. During the visit, Pan Feng met with Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, former Prime Minister of Spain and Chairman of the ECECDC. Both sides had in-depth discussions and exchanged views on topics such as China-Spain trade and investment, global green energy transition, intelligent development of manufacturing, the First China-Europe Business Leaders and Former Senior Officials Dialogue, and the organization of the Fourth Global Geographical Indication Products Expo.

On 9 June 2025, Mr. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Chairman of the Europe-China Economic Cooperation and Development Council (ECECDC) and former Prime Minister of Spain, met with Mr. Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and Mr. John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Dr. Zichen, recipient of the 18th World Outstanding Chinese Award, Chairman of the AI Committee of the World Chinese Business Investment Foundation, and Executive Director and President of Alpha Technology Group Limited (Nasdaq: ATGL), was invited to attend the exchange meeting. The discussions focused on Hong Kong’s role as a “super connector” and “super value creator,” and on how to further enhance exchanges between China and Europe, particularly Spain.



The meeting also centered on the successful implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” policy in Hong Kong and its current economic development, with in-depth exchanges on key topics related to artificial intelligence. Both sides expressed their intention to promote future cooperation between Hong Kong and Europe in the fields of science, technology, and innovation. According to media reports, when speaking about technological development, former Prime Minister Zapatero described artificial intelligence as a “qualitative leap” in the history of technology. He noted that AI represents not only technological progress, but also poses challenges to models of coexistence within human society. He further called for the establishment of robust ethical norms and strengthened global cooperation to regulate and guide the development of artificial intelligence.

During his visit to Hong Kong, former Prime Minister Zapatero placed particular emphasis on educational exchanges, cooperation among universities, and collaboration in vocational education. He emphasized that, from a medium- to long-term perspective, exchanges in education and culture help consolidate and promote friendly relations among countries and regions worldwide, enhance people-to-people connectivity, and enable all parties to discover more shared common ground.