Xi announces plans for $170b in CEEC imports

China plans to import commodities worth $170 billion from Central and Eastern European Countries in the next five years, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

In a keynote speech delivered via video link at the China-CEEC summit, Xi said China will boost its imports in goods from constituent countries.

The country will strive to double imports in agricultural products from CEECs over the next five years and increase the bilateral agricultural trade volume by 50 percent, he said.