Osijek Mayor Kresimir Bubalo has met with Chinese Ambassador to Croatia Wo Liangi, and they have agreed that their respective countries will continue to cooperate in all areas.

Bubalo told Wo yesterday (Tues) morning that Osijek was interested in Chinese investment in its new business areas.

Bubalo also told the ambassador that the city was willing to give free land to entrepreneurs willing to invest in the processing industry.

Igor Mandic, head of the city’s transport company, said Chinese buses producers were welcome to bid for city contracts as long as they could comply with their terms. A bus made by Chinese company "King Long" is already being tested in Osijek.

Wu Liangi said Croatia was China’s most-important trading partner among the countries that comprised Yugoslavia. Trade between the two countries amounted to 1.3 billion US dollars in 2008