CCIEE Holds Online Meeting with Ethiopian Think Tank

In the afternoon of July 19, CCIEE held an online meeting with the Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA).

The two sides introduced their basic information, research focuses, activities of international exchanges and cases of research and international cooperation. CCIEE said that Ethiopian economy has developed rapidly in recent years, and CCIEE hopes to strengthen exchanges with EEA to draw lessons from Ethiopia’s development experience. EEA said, the relationship between Chinese and Ethiopian governments is close, and there are many similarities in think tank development between EEA and CCIEE. Next, it is expected that two think tanks collaborate on joint research and development of think tank exchanges platform. The two sides agreed to advance exchanges and cooperation in the future, jointly promoting the development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

Attending the meeting were Zhang Yongjun，CCIEE’s Deputy Chief Economist, Xu Chaoyou, Head of CCIEE’s External Affairs Department and Sun Kui, Director of Think Tank Exchanges Division of CCIEE’s External Affairs Department; Mengistu Ketema, CEO of EEA, Degye Goshu, Policy Analysis Department of EEA and Semeneh Bessie, Director of Liaison Department of EEA, attended the meeting.