ATHENS, Greece (Xinhua) — China-Greece collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping six years ago is a model for mutually beneficial cooperation between China and the European Union (EU) countries, officials, scholars and businessmen have said.

The attendees at a conference on bilateral relations and the BRI organized at Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Piraeus Port at the weekend praised China-Greece cooperation so far in infrastructure, shipping, finance, trade, tourism, energy, education, culture and other fields.

“The BRI is a major historic opportunity for common development. China-Greece teaming in the BRI context is a model for EU countries conducting mutually beneficial cooperation,” said Xie Fuzhan, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.