CHINA, OTHER: The Medium-Term Agenda for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia (hereinafter referred to as "the Participants") commend the major progress that has been made in the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (hereinafter referred to as "16+1 cooperation") and acknowledge that 16+1 cooperation continues to promote the ties between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (hereinafter referred to as "CEECs") and contributes to the all-round and balanced growth of the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The Agenda aims to improve 16+1 cooperation and further unleash its potential by setting out directions and priorities for 16+1 cooperation from 2015 to 2020. Based on mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity and understanding of each other's development choices, the Participants will actively implement the Agenda in light of their respective realities, needs and priorities, through equal-footed consultations, capitalizing on each other's complementarities and win-win cooperation. The possibility of involvement of other partners in specific 16+1 projects and activities will be decided based on the principle of consensus. The Participants will carry out cooperation in accordance with their respective laws and regulations. EU member states are pursuing cooperation conforming with EU legislation, regulations and policies stemming from EU membership. The implementation of the Agenda will be reviewed at the annual Summit.