China has an increasing interest in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and

in Ukraine: it is indicated by the presence of the big Chinese companies like COFCO,

CNNC, CCEC, China Harbor Engineering Company in Ukraine, proposals to sign a free

trade agreement and to launch a mutual visa-free regime.

Since 2016 the economic relations started intensifying and in the recent years

and China was rated as TOP-5 trade partner of Ukraine. A significant milestone in

the bilateral Ukraine-China relations was a successful long-awaited meeting of the

bilateral Inter-Governmental Commission in December 2017.

Ukraine’s participation in “One Road One Belt” Initiative remains rather declarative

though; there is no approved list of projects where Ukraine is named as the participant

of the Initiative.