Full Text of The Riga Guidelines for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (3)

8.Agricultural and forestry cooperation

(1)The 12th China-CEEC Agrotrade and Economic Cooperation Forum and the 5th Meeting of the Consultative Board of the Association for the Promotion of Agricultural Cooperation between China and CEECs will be held in Slovenia in 2017 in order to further promote China-CEEC agrotrade and economic cooperation.

(2)China welcomes CEEC delegations' participation at the 15th China International Agricultural Trade Fair to be held in China in the second half of 2017.

(3)China will continue to provide free-of-charge exhibition space for top-quality CEEC wines and other kinds of alcohol at the National Agriculture Exhibition Center. China-CEEC Agricultural Products and Wine Fair will be held during the Mostar International Trade Fair in Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 2017.

(4)Recognizing that agricultural investment and cooperation will help bring common development in agriculture for China and every CEEC by giving full play to their complementary advantages, the Participants support more agrotrade promotion activities between China and CEECs, such as international agricultural expos, and more exchanges of information regarding agrotrade market access.

(5)The participants encourage China and CEECs to work towards signing of the relevant protocols on quarantine of animal and animal-originated products and on quarantine of plants and plant-originated products to be exported to China.

(6)The Participants commend Slovenia in leading the efforts to establish a China-CEEC coordination mechanism on forestry cooperation, support the implementation of the Action Plan for China-CEEC Coordination Mechanism on Forestry Cooperation, and intensified cooperation in the field of sustainable forest, multi-functional management, forestry research and education, wood processing and forestry products trade between China and CEECs. The Participants support the convening of the China-CEEC High-level Meeting on Cooperation in Forestry on a regular basis.

(7)The Participants welcome China and CEECs in signing relevant agreements on strengthening cooperation in water resources management and agricultural irrigation, and deepening bilateral and multilateral exchanges and cooperation in water-related fields.

9.People-to-people contacts

(1)Designate 2017 as Year of China-CEEC Media Cooperation. Under this framework, strengthen media exchanges, hold a forum on media cooperation, organize mutual visits by Chinese and CEEC journalists, encourage media from China and CEECs to film promotional videos, documentaries, and other multi-media products in each other's country, and explore the possibility of co-production.

(2)The Secretariat will continue to invite senior CEEC officials for a trip to China in 2017.

(3)The 5th China-CEEC Education Policy Dialogue and the 4th meeting of China-CEEC Higher Education Institutes Consortium will be held in CEECs in 2017.

(4)The 3rd China-CEEC Culture Cooperation Forum will be held in China in 2017.

(5)The China-CEEC Culture Season will be held in China in 2017.

(6)The 2nd China-CEEC Cultural and Creative Industries Forum will be held in China in 2017.

(7)The 3rd China-CEEC Summer Dance Camp will be held in China in 2017.

(8)The Participants support China and CEEC in carrying out joint projects on translation and publication of each other' s literary works.

(9)The Participants encourage and support China and CEEC in carrying out cooperation on projects in areas such as historical and cultural heritage protection and repair, joint archaeological activities, exhibition exchanges, and personnel training.

(10)The 4th China-CEEC High-Level Symposium of Think Tanks will be held in China in 2017.

(11)The Forum on Cultural Heritage will be held in Serbia in 2017.

(12)The Participants recognize the important significance of China and CEEC's cooperation in tourism and support further transnational cooperation through various means such as exchange of tourism experiences, promotion of mutual tourist visits and development of regional tourism products.Support China and CEECs in taking more measures to facilitate mobility of people between China and CEECs.

(13)The 4th China-CEEC High-Level Conference on Tourism Cooperation will be held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2017.

(14)The Participants support strengthened youth exchanges, and mutual visits of youth. The 3rd China-CEEC Young Political Leaders' Forum will be held in Romania in 2017.

(15)The 2nd China-CEEC Literature Forum will be held in 2017.

(16)The Participants encourage China and CEECs in mutually establishing culture centers. (mo