On May 11, President Yan Xiaohong was invited to virtually attend the first CCTCC conference which was held in Nanjing with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, to promote scientific and technological innovation cooperation between China and central and Eastern European countries.

CCTCC Website was launched and the list of first 60 collaborative partners was released, including universities, institutes and companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia. Jiangsu University is among them.

Jiangsu University has signed a MOU with the University of Banja Luka.

China-CEEC Cooperation is a cross-regional mechanism jointly established by China and Central ad Eastern European Countries based on shared aspiration of all participants with a focus on common needs and development. In recent years, thanks to the joint efforts of leaders of China and Central and Eastern European countries, China-CEEC cooperation has scored rapid growth as an important communication channel to promote technological exchanges and cooperation between entities in China and Central and Eastern European countries.