Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says the incredible transformation China has achieved in such a short period of time has left a deep impression. Prime Minister Fico made the remarks at a China-Slovakia Business Forum held on Friday in Beijing. Together with leaders of the China Council For the Promotion of International Trade, Fico also witnessed the signing of a number of business cooperation documents at the event.
He said Slovakia and China has huge potential in economic and trade cooperation, adding that a plant will be jointly established by Chinese and Slovak enterprises in his country to produce batteries for electric vehicles. And for his part, the Vice Chairman of CCPIT, Zhang Shaogang, said in recent years that trade between China and Slovakia has been actively developed, while more and more Chinese enterprises are choosing to invest in Slovakia.
ROBERT FICO Slovak Prime Minister "Already my previous visit to China as prime minister 17 years ago offered fascinating insight into your country's remarkable progress. The incredible transformation that China has achieved in such a short time deeply impressed me. We gather today to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our nations. This milestone represents years of friendship and mutual understanding. Our countries have built pragmatic relations based on mutual respect and shared interests. China deserves recognition for its unprecedented economic achievements and its role in stabilizing global development."
ZHANG SHAOGANG Vice Chairman China Council For the Promotion of International Trade "In recent years, China-Slovakia relations have maintained good development momentum and cooperation has flourished. Under the Belt and Road Initiative as well as the China-Central and Eastern European Countries cooperation mechanism, the level of China-Slovakia economic and trade cooperation is constantly improving. The bilateral trade volume increased from 40.9 million U.S. dollars in 1993 to 11.53 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. China is Slovakia's largest trading partner outside the European Union, and Slovakia is China's largest source of imports in Central and Eastern Europe."
