Scholars eye huge untapped potential

Overall planning and policy design are key for China and Greece to tap the potential of the Belt and Road Initiative, also known as the BRI, and to further bolster economic connectivity in Eurasia, scholars from the two countries said.

The Port of Piraeus and Greece's participation in the China-Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEEC) cooperation mechanism, or CCEE, are examples of successful regional teamwork that shores up the prospects of the BRI in Europe, the experts said at a roundtable panel discussion on overall China - Greece cooperation on Friday afternoon in Piraeus, Greece.

Thanos Dokos, former director-general of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, in Athens, noted that China is an important major country and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and that the China-proposed BRI has shown great ambition.