To implement the strategic construction of “21st Century Maritime Silk Road”, to expand cultural exchanges between China and Greece, and to promote Chinese culture "Going Global", CCIA delegation visited Greece in August 2015 to observe and study local cultural industries and investment projects, with the aims to integrate mutual resources in cultural industries and to establish Sino-Hellenic cultural exchange platform.

“Seminar on Sino-Hellenic Cultural Industry Cooperation”. Nearly a hundred representatives from governmental sectors and cultural industries attended the seminar, including Mr.Zou Xioali, the Chinese Ambassador and Mr. Elefterios Kretsos, Secretary General for Information and Communication in Greece.

From left: Mr. Zou Xiaoli, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Hellenic Republic; Mr. Elefterios Kretsos, Secretary General for Information and Communication; Mr. Zhang Bin, CCIA President.

Ambassador Zou Xiaoli delivered a speech during “Seminar on Sino-Hellenic Cultural Industry Cooperation”

CCIA President Zhang Bin delivered a speech.

Greece Secretary General Elefterios Kretsos delivered a speech.

“Seminar on Sino-Hellenic Cultural Industry Cooperation” was jointly organized by CCIA and Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Hellenic Republic on August 7th, 2015, with nearly 100 representatives from Greece government and related cultural industries attending. (Photo by the Xinhua News Agency)

On August 7th, President Zhang Bin and Ambassador Zou Xiaoli met with Mr. Nikos Xydakis, Minister of Culture of the Hellenic Republic. A meeting was held regarding to cooperation in Sino-Hellenic Cultural Industries.