News - China, Shanghai, Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria

The 2025 China-CEEC Conference on Industry-University-Research Cooperation and Exchange took place in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on September 12th, 2025. Attendees from the Chinese side included the Vice Governor of Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government, Mr. Zhao Yan; the Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Ms. Wang Xiao; and the Director-General of the Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, Mr. Xu Guanghui.

In his speech, the Consul General Vladislav Spasov pointed out that numerous bilateral cooperation and mobility projects between Bulgaria and China were implemented in the fields of astronomy, biology, microbiology, engineering chemistry, organic chemistry, metallurgy, geodesy, and economics. The total funding for these projects amounted to approximately one million euros. By the end of this year, another call for bilateral projects will be announced by the Fund for Scientific Research at the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria.

The participants from the Chinese side appreciated the role of Central and Eastern European Countries as important partners for China in science and technology. They underlined the importance of the China-CEEC Technology Transfer Center (Jiangsu S&T Exchange Center with Foreign Countries) and confirmed China’s unwavering commitment to the reform and opening up policy.

During the conference, New Bulgarian University and Jiangsu Weiteli Motor Co. Ltd. expressed their intentions to work together on a project for the Joint Research and Development of a High Power Density Permanent Magnet Synchronous Drive Motor System.