What experts say on China-Poland relations

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Katarzyna Kacperczyk, Undersecretary of State for Economic Diplomacy at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

"We strongly believe that President Xi's visit to Poland has a huge significance and also it is consistent with our policy vis-a-vis China to develop strong partnerships between our two countries. We hope the visit will result further actions, projects and initiatives that Poland and China can jointly undertake in the future."

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Adam Bro?ek, Director of Department of International Cooperation at Polish Ministry of Economic Development

"We would like this visit to be incremental follow-up on our President Duda's visit to China last year. We understand that the expectation from the Chinese side is for Poland to be its formal gateway to Europe and we hope we will meet or exceed the expectations. Also, we hope this visit by the Chinese President will make a change with Poland's trade figures with China. At the same time, we would like to utilise the “16+1” as a vehicle for attracting investments mostly from China."

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Bogdan Góralczyk, a professor at the University of Warsaw and a Polish

"This visit is definitely an important visit because it is the first visit by President Xi Jinping and only the second visit by Chinese presidency to Poland after then President Hu Jintao. Personally, I am interested in how much of the One Belt One Road will be implemented in Poland. As Poland is on this road, an important factor for the Polish audience is that finally Poland will realise that China has a new strategy and also we will probably hear for the first time about the Chinese rejuvenation or renaissance. "

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Miko?aj Trunin, Project Manager of Manufacturing Sector at Invest in Pomerania

"We hope this visit will be the next step in terms of business relations between Poland and China. In recent years, we have seen a lot of political willingness to establish those relations as evidenced by numerous visits by regional politicians between the countries, so we hope after we have established those relations there will be more space for developing the economic relations. We hope this visit will give a boost for more Chinese companies to invest in our country especially in the greenfield."

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Jakub Garstka, Management Proxy for Logistics at Hatrans Logistics

"We believe that this will show that Poland is a strong partner with huge potential, not only in terms of cooperation in general but also in terms of physical cooperation: infrastructure possibilities, investment possibilities, and production possibilities. By increasing the number of train connections you can increase the number of products that can be imported and exported between the countries. Poland can be visible as a great partner for China, especially since we are the only country with the status of ‘strategic partner' for China, so we believe that this will allow us to expand the cooperation between Poland and China."