[Xiong Jijun meets with Croatian Minister of Economy Ante Shushniar] On October 26, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Xiong Jijun met with Croatian Minister of Economy Ante Shushniar in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on deepening cooperation in the fields of industry and information technology. Xiong Jijun said that Croatia is an important partner of China in the EU and Central and Eastern Europe. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is willing to work with Croatia to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen policy exchanges and project docking in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, new energy vehicles, photovoltaic energy storage, etc., deeply tap the potential for cooperation, achieve the implementation of more iconic and pragmatic projects, and push the China-Croatia comprehensive cooperative partnership to a new level. Shushniar said that Croatia cherishes its long-term friendship and comprehensive cooperative partnership with China, looks forward to joining hands with China to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two departments, and welcomes more Chinese companies to invest and start business in Croatia. The heads of relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attended the meeting.