Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Prof. Gao Peyon, is visiting the Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bulgaria. The Institute organized a roundtable discussion on “Bulgaria and China: New Age Development and New Spheres of Cooperation”.

Welcoming speeches were delivered by MFA Deputy Minister Georg Georgiev, the Director of the Diplomatic Institute Mrs. Tanya Mihaylova, China’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Mr. Dong Xiaojian and Professor Gao Peyun, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The expert roundtable was attended by Mr. Zheng Zhong, owner of the Terraland Group and Special Advisor to the Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 16+1 and Belt and Road initiatives, the director of the Institute of Economics, Prof. Alexander Tasev , Prof. Mitko Dimitrov, Prof. Daniela Bobeva, Dr. Teodora Peneva, Directors and Experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NGOs and others.

Mr. Zheng Zhong delivered a speech on “The Role of the Chinese Diaspora in Bulgaria as a Bridge for Cooperation between Bulgaria and China”.