“朋友常常見”

在世界地圖上，黑山共和國是歐洲巴爾干半島上的一個小國，前南斯拉夫電影《橋》及其膾炙人口的主題曲《啊！朋友再見》或許是大多數國人對于它僅有的印象。

但對寧波而言，“這位朋友”其實“常常見”。有一家名為Plantaze的黑山酒企，自2015年起每年都赴寧波參展，是復展率最高的中東歐客商之一。即使是去年展會因疫情中斷，對方也在線上參展寧波的中東歐商品云上展。

正是通過這種線上線下常年辦展的方式，有力促進了寧波與黑山的雙邊貿易。據統計，2020年，寧波對黑山進出口同比增長12.2%，其中進口更是大增83.3%。該品牌紅酒通過本屆博覽會，預計能達到200萬歐元的意向訂單。

去年年初，新冠疫情肆虐，黑山共和國前駐華大使帕約維奇和黑山共和國客商、高校、華人華僑紛紛慷慨解囊，向中國捐贈口罩或錄制慰問視頻。尤其是去年1月，在中國國家女子水球隊因疫情進退維谷之時，也是黑山主動邀請并提供訓練支持……

當時，國家女子水球隊去黑山集訓的姑娘里，就有一位寧波的姑娘王歡，她是亞運冠軍。今年24歲的王歡，身高1.83米，2007年因優異的表現和游泳天賦，被選拔到浙江省游泳隊。在省運會上，王歡拿下仰泳項目冠軍，2010年又被上海市水球隊選中，從游泳項目“跨界”專攻水球項目。

數不盡的黑山情，道不完的寧波元素。更值得期待的是，在今年的中國—中東歐國家博覽會上，除了大家耳熟能詳的黑山商品外，還有不少黑山服務也線上參展。比如， 賈德蘭水球隊也在報名參展的名單里，以服務貿易形式線上參展。賈德蘭水球隊被譽為“水球人才的夢工廠”。在過去的六年中，俱樂部接待了20多個水球國家隊夢（包括中國水球國家隊），舉辦了100多個水球訓練營。

此外，飛翔黑山旅行社、GABC在線教育平臺以及HIGHSKY華天投資有限公司等均獲邀參展。HIGHSKY華天投資有限責任公司負責人閻春雨認為，黑山人與中國人有著很多相同的品質，例如：做事認真、熱情好客、待人真誠、以和為貴。

“在黑山，你可以看到每個人的臉上都洋溢著笑容。黑山人民對中國的發展非常敬佩，對中國人也特別友好，在得知我是中國人后，他們會經常來關照我，而且常常跟我說‘我們很羨慕中國的發展‘我們很感謝中國的支持，還會興致勃勃地和我一起探討中國與黑山之間的合作關系。這讓我感到既親切又自豪。”

而在文化領域的合作中，讓閻春雨“不得不提”的是黑山大學孔子學院。自2015年成立以來，黑山大學孔子學院已經培訓了超過1000名黑山學生，其中能夠熟練駕馭漢語的佼佼者層出不窮，為漢文化在當地的傳播打開了局面。而經過孔子學院漢語培訓的學生，很多都在中黑合作的各種項目中找到了心儀的工作。

對于未來，閻春雨已經做好了長遠規劃。她說，黑山有著優越的地理位置、絕佳的自然環境、友好的風土民情以及非常給力的財稅政策，在農業、旅游業、運輸業等領域都存在著巨大的發展潛力，自己今后會長期立足于這個國家的貿易合作，在發展壯大公司的過程中，也為中黑雙方的互利共贏盡己所能。

“作為聯絡官，我會一如既往地積極促進中黑之間的交流合作。”她還希望中國—中東歐國家博覽會能夠一直舉辦下去，持續為兩地的合作交流提供一個高效穩定的平臺。

“A Good Old Friend”

At the corner of the Balkans， bordering the Adriatic Sea in Southeastern Europe， lies Montenegro， a country that most Chinese people perhaps do not know too much， save for the popular film The Bridge and its even more well-known theme song Bella Ciao.

But for Ningbo， Montenegro is “a good old friend”. Plantaze， a Montenegrin wine producer， is one of the most frequent visitors to the city， participating in Ningbos myriad international expos every year since 2015. Even in 2020， when physical exhibitions were suspended because of COVID-19， Plantaze took part in the CEEC Products Online Fair.

Bilateral trade between Ningbo and Montenegro has been greatly facilitated by such exchanges. Statistics show a 12.2% year-on-year increase of Ningbos import and export to Montenegro for 2020， of which import grew by a whopping 83.3%. During the 2021 China-CEEC Expo， Plantaze is expected to receive orders worth two million euros for its wine and brandy.

Not only popular Montenegrin products and companies have come to the 2021 China-CEEC Expo， Montenegrin services have also been brought into the fold. For example， PVK Jadran， a top Montenegrin water polo team， joined the online section of the Expo as a part of trade in services. As Montenegros most popular sport， water polo has also figured prominently in China-Montenegro relations. In January 2020， the Chinese womens national water polo team was on a training tour in Europe when COVID-19 struck. As the team was stuck because of the travel restrictions suddenly imposed， it was Montenegro that extended invitations and offered training support. And Montenegrin businesses， schools and its former ambassador to China Darko Pajovi? donated money and masks to help China fight COVID-19.

“In Montenegro， you can see smiles on everyones face. Montenegro people admire Chinas development greatly， and they are particularly friendly to Chinese，” said Yan Chunyu， CEO of High Sky Investment Co. Ltd. “When they know Im from China， they often say to me， ‘we appreciate Chinas support， and will cheerfully discuss the relationship between the China and Montenegro， which makes me very proud.”

Yan is especially impressed by the Confucius Institute at the University of Montenegro. The institute has trained over 1，000 Montenegrin students since its establishment in 2015， who are instrumental in disseminating Chinese language and Chinese culture in Montenegro. “As an ‘unofficial diplomat between the two countries， I will try my best to promote the exchanges between the two sides，” Yan said.