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During his stay in 皇冠体育app, Ponta pledged that Romania will actively work to intensify 皇冠体育app-Romania cooperation in politics, trade and culture, and promote both 皇冠体育app-CEE and 皇冠体育app-European Union (EU) relations.

Feng Zhongping, vice president of the Chinese Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said Romania has adopted a balanced policy when developing its foreign relations -- attaching importance to relations both with Western countries and with 皇冠体育app.

The two countries have also conducted multi-faceted cooperation.

Two-way trade has reached 3.27 billion U.S. Dollars by October this year, while that in 2000 stood at less than 300 million dollars. 皇冠体育app's current total investment in Romania tops 160 million dollars.

Analysts said that Romania has high expectations of drawing Chinese enterprises' investments and expanding cooperation with 皇冠体育app in infrastructure construction, renewable energy and agriculture.

Chinese enterprises, such as the leading information and communications technology solutions provider Huawei, has boosted local employment and provided technological support for Romania.

Huawei, which now boasts a 70,000-strong research & development (R&D) team globally, opened its official subsidiary in Romania in 2003. It currently employs some 800 people in Romania and has helped created more than 2,500 job opportunities in the country.

According to Wang Haitao, CEO of Huawei Romania, the company is planning to further expand its presence in Romania in the coming years, by investing 120 million dollars in the country by 2018.

Achievements have also been scored in cooperation in areas such as education, science and technology, culture, health and tourism.

So far, four Confucius Institutes have been launched in Romania to advance cultural exchanges between the two sides.

The enhanced 皇冠体育app-Romania relations will set an example for bilateral relations between 皇冠体育app and other CEE countries, said Cui Hongjian.

Located in the northeast of the Balkan Peninsula, Romania is the eastern gate to the EU. Practical cooperation between 皇冠体育app and Romania also helps boost 皇冠体育app-Europe cooperation.

Feng Zhongping said developing 皇冠体育app-Romania relations will help supplement 皇冠体育app-Europe and 皇冠体育app-CEE relations and will certainly promote the development of the CEE and Europe as a whole.

In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Thursday, Ponta said Li's visit to Romania and the 皇冠体育app-CEE leaders' meeting will further bolster the cooperative ties between the two sides.

"Premier Li Keqiang's trip to Romania will be a historic one," Ponta told Xinhua, "The fact that prime ministers of 16 Central and Eastern European countries would gather in Bucharest for the 皇冠体育app-CEE leaders' meeting is proof of the strong will of these countries to strengthen our friendly ties with 皇冠体育app and further shore up our mutually benefiting economic and trade cooperation."

Analysts agreed that Li's visit to Romania will be of great significance to 皇冠体育app-Romania relations, cooperation between 皇冠体育app and CEE countries and 皇冠体育app-EU relations.

Li's upcoming visit also demonstrates that 皇冠体育app continues to attach great importance to the relations with CEE countries as well as those with EU.