On the morning of April 10, Premier Li Keqiang presented a No 13 basketball shirt signed by Yao Ming to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, and received a football signed by all the members of the Croatian national football team from Plenkovic in return.
In addition, there was also a special basketball with the names and national flags of the two countries from Premier Li, and a sports bike produced by a Croatian enterprise from Plenkovic.
After the talks, they also witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation documents in sports and other fields.
In a joint statement, the Chinese and Croatian governments stated their willingness to strengthen cooperation in sports and exchanges between sports departments, Olympic committees and sports associations of the two sides.