On October 7, Ambassador Fang Qiu attended and addressed the launch ceremony of the Belt and Road study tour to Greece for Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs. Former Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis and others were present.

Ambassador Fang said that over the 20 years since the establishment of the China-Greece comprehensive strategic partnership, political mutual trust has been steadily consolidated, people-to-people and cultural exchanges have grown ever closer, and practical cooperation has borne fruitful results. As a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Piraeus Port has become an important hub linking Asia and Europe and provides strategic support for enterprises laying out their business in Europe. He welcomed entrepreneurs to actively seize the new opportunities brought by China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) and the deepening China-Greece cooperation, expand cooperation in such areas as green energy, shipping and logistics, scientific and technological innovation, and culture and tourism, and make the pie of mutually beneficial cooperation even bigger.

Mr. Karamanlis spoke highly of the growth of China-Greece relations and said that Greece stands ready to further deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and practical cooperation with China, and welcomes entrepreneurs to invest and do business in Greece, contributing to even greater development of Greece-China relations.