State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi addressed a reception, jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, celebrating the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and seven Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, in Beijing, on Oct 16, 2019.

Ambassadors from Bulgaria, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Albania, and other officials and delegates also attended the reception.