On 26 April 2012, Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (China-CEEC Cooperation) was launched as a cross-regional cooperation platform based on traditional friendship and  shared desire of all the participants for win-win cooperation and common development. Since than, with pragmatic cooperation at the focal point and ever maturing mechanisms with the Leaders’ Summit in the guidance, China-CEEC Cooperation has been growing by the day and is now covering a variety of areas including economy and trade, culture, education, youth exchange, agriculture, tourism, science and technology, health, think-tank exchange and sub-national cooperation, and cooperation has turned out fruitful in all of them. It has also played a constructive role in deepening bilateral relations between China and Central and Eastern European countries and enrichment of China-Europe relations more broadly.