COOPERATION OF THE CITY AND PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE DOMAIN OF ECONOMY AND TRADE

Mayor of Novi Sad, Miloš Vučević, welcomed the representatives of the Socio-Economic Department of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Serbia and discussed the improvement of cooperation between the City and PRC. The delegation of the PRC was headed by the Manager of the Socio-Economic Department, Mr. Zhu Lianqi, who was accompanied by the manager of a corporation for the renewable energy sources, Mr. Wang Wei, as well as Mr. Yhang Liqi from the Embassy.

The topics of the meeting included the instructions for applying for grants of the PRC for medical equipment and improvement of energy efficiency in schools, kindergartens and medical institutions, the installation of hybrid solar collectors in the halls of the Novi Sad Fair in order to improve energy efficiency and modernize the Fair’s heating system, the locations for terminals for containers from the PRC which are intended for the European countries and the idea of establishing a company within the mentioned terminals which would assemble products for the European market in the Free Zone.

In addition, the meeting included the topic of installing a pilot system for electric power and heating of buildings and the discussion about establishing a company producing hybrid solar collectors, heat pumps and LED lighting, which would be the investment of the Chinese partner and employ local workforce.

Novi Sad, June 7th, 2013