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Foremer President of Croatia Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipović, Dr. JU Weiwei, Director of the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of European Studies; Dr. KONG Yuan, Vice Director of the Department of European History Studies at the same institute; Dr. ZHANG Chao, Associate Professor at the Institute of European Studies.

 "For more than three decades, Croatia and China have experienced a rise in economic, academic, and cultural cooperation," Josipović stated. Regarding the potential for further cooperation between the two countries, he emphasized that a key pillar of Croatia-China diplomacy should be China's investment in Croatia's green economy, as well as Croatia's efforts to attract tourists from China. 

Jasna Plevnik noted that EU-China relations have slowed since 2019, largely due to the U.S. anti-China narrative and the anti-free trade policies that Brussels has strictly followed in its approach to China. She also highlighted that a broader shift in transatlantic relations could make Brussels-Peking ties less dependent on Washington. 

The Chinese experts discussed the importance of further deepening academic cooperation between China and Croatia, stressing that two Chinese initiatives—the China-CEEC and the Belt and Road Initiative—have significantly enhanced mutual knowledge  between the two countries, marking an  important achievement in China-Croatia relations.

Foremer President of Croatia Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipović, Dr. Jasna Plevnik, Presdient of the Geoeconomic Forum Croatia,  Dr. JU Weiwei, Director of the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of European Studies; Dr. KONG Yuan, Vice Director of the Department of European History Studies at the same institute; and Dr. ZHANG Chao, Associate Professor at the Institute of European Studies.