Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday met with leaders from Romania, Czech, Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, Macedonia, Albania and Bulgaria on the sidelines of a China-Central and Eastern Europe leaders' meeting.
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and governmental leaders from 16 central and eastern European countries discussed advancing ties here on Thursday.
Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang's 10-day visit covers Russia, Hungary, Belgium and EU headquarters.
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About 500 Europeans and Chinese attended panel discussions to boost people-to-people understanding.
Li Changchun said Sino-British ties generally are maintaining a good momentum of development.