Prospects for China-CEE Relations in the 16+1 Format - Szczudlik, Justyna (Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych, 2016)
On 5 November 2016, the fifth summit of China and Central and Eastern Europe was held in Riga. The main topic of the meeting was the buzzword "connectivity," which indicates building various connections or links, especially infrastructural ones. The main results of the summit were an attempt to define maritime dimension of cooperation, with special focus on the three seas initiative (the Adriatic, Baltic and Black) announced in 2015, and a decision to set up in Poland a secretariat for maritime issues. For China, the 16+1 will remain a tool for strengthening its international status and promoting the Silk Road initiative, while the others will use it to enhance their bilateral relations with China