Xiao Junzheng

Promoting the sustainable development of the traditional port sector through innovative ideas and the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature via digital, smart, and green transformation is a significant future direction for green development.

The Chinese ambassador to Greece on Friday called for further cooperation between China and Europe, noting that trade restrictions would ultimately harm European consumers. 

China's ambassador to Greece stressed the importance of enhanced economic cooperation between Europe and China and emphasized collaboration over competition in a recent interview with Xinhua in Athens.

The first Sino-Hellenic International Theater Festival kicked off on Saturday, with Chinese dramas bringing an audio-visual feast to the audiences.

"The festival is an amazing initiative. It is something that of course we fully support from the side of the Greek government," Christos Dimas, Greek Deputy Minister of Culture, told Xinhua at the opening ceremony.

This month's official visit by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to China has not only given a positive boost to the two countries' cooperation, but it will also propel China's relations with the European Union, China's ambassador to Greece, Xiao Junzheng, noted to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency last week.

Greece's credit rating upgrade by two of China's agencies will attract more Chinese investors to Greece, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Xiao Junzheng said at an event in Athens on Monday.

Culture & Sports Minister Lina Mendoni met on Friday with Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Greece Xiao Junzheng.

With 2023 being the Greece-China Culture and Tourism Year, the Greek minister and the Chinese ambassador discussed the upcoming exhibition of Chinese art that will be held at Zappeion Hall in the autumn, under the auspices of the culture ministry.

Greek Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis met on Monday with a visiting 10-member Chinese delegation from the Shanghai Lin-gang Special Area.

With the delegation - which is on a four-day working visit - Fragogiannis discussed matters pertaining to investments and other mutual economic interests.