Central and Eastern Europe to revive hopes

The former industrial powerhouse is looking to take advantage of existing links as its economy is restructured

Liaoning province is speeding up cooperation with Central and Eastern European countries in the hope of breathing fresh life into its economic revitalization.

Liaoning was elected chairman of the China-CEEC federation of provincial governors in October and given the responsibility of hosting the China-CEEC leaders' meeting next year. The large circle of friendly nations has brought more cooperation opportunities. So far, Liaoning and CEEC have established five pairs of "sister cities", and 11 "friendly cooperative relations".