Back in 2012 in Warsaw a meeting of China with the leaders of 16 post-communist European states resulted in an action plan for adding impetus to the already expanding cooperation with Eastern, Central and Southeast Europe (CESEE).
CESEE covers the following countries: 11 EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) and five countries from the Western Balkans region which are potential candidates or candidates for EU membership (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia).
