Ambassador Fang Qiu met Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, the Greek Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Ocean and chairman of the Hellenic Parliament's committee on environmental protection, on October 22.

Fang presented the goals and measures in China's 15th Five-Year Plan for high-quality development of the marine economy and for marine environmental protection. China and Greece are both major maritime nations with a solid foundation and broad prospects for ocean cooperation, he said. In the spirit of building a maritime community with a shared future, China is ready to deepen practical cooperation with Greece in global ocean governance, sustainable use of marine resources and technological innovation, and protection of the marine environment and biodiversity, injecting new blue momentum into the comprehensive strategic partnership.

Avgerinopoulou spoke positively of China's modernization achievements and the growth of Greece-China relations, saying she looks forward to closer cooperation with China on ocean affairs and to further advancing friendly and cooperative ties between the two countries.