SRCIC appreciated Stjepan Mesić's continued work in promoting China-Croatia friendship and the projects related to the Belt and Road, especially his constant support to SRCIC.

Stjepan Mesić has visited China many times and witnessed with his own eyes how China has created many economic miracles and made the impossible possible.

The SRCIC is a transnational business confederation mainly composed of the national commercial associations from Silk Road economies. Currently gathers 218 organizational members from 82 countries: national chambers of commerce, business associations and other important international business platforms.

SRCIC, that serves as the bridge between governments and enterprises, at this annual gathering evaluated the work of its organizational members, concrete results of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and current challenges in the global economy, including trade unilateralism and protectionism, increased economic instability, climate change and others.