Premier Li Keqiang (C), along with its Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic and Latvian counterpart Laimdota Straujuma, meet the press at the conclusion of the fourth Leaders' Meeting of China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries held in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Nov 24, 2015.[Photo/Xinhua]

Leaders of the other 14 CEE countries were also present off stage. Last year, Serbia hosted the annual summit, which will move to Latvia in 2016. "The news briefing is definitely unprecedented with the strongest participants ever", said a diplomat.