In April 2020, the PPA and China Ocean Shipping Company donated 80,000 masks and 288 disinfectant bottles to Greek municipalities bordering on the port (Piraeus, Keratsini - Drapetsona, Salamina and Perama).

In 2017, at the opening ceremony of the China-Greece Cultural Exchanges and Cultural Industry Cooperation Year in Athens, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China and the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports signed an MoU on film co-production and translation. The Greek Parliament unanimously ratified the agreement in September 2020.

In September 2016, the Chinese company Geo-Jade Petroleum Corporation bought 100 per cent of the shares of the Canadian company Bankers Petroleum’s concession in Albania, which consists of the right to drill in the largest oil field in the country. This is also the largest onshore oil field in Europe, and during the first six months of 2019, it produced 15,059 barrels of crude oil per day. It currently produces 95 per cent of Albania’s crude.

The Confucius Institute of the University of Novi Sad opened in May 2014. In addition to classes at the Faculty of Philosophy, the Institute also organises classes in local schools, kindergarten and library with which it has signed protocols on cooperation.

The Confucius Institute in Belgrade officially opened in August 2006 at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. The stated purpose of the Institute is to promote Chinese culture and language; familiarise the people of Serbia with China; connect individuals and institutions in Serbia dealing with Chinese language and culture; create a reference database of all materials on Chinese culture and language available in Serbia, as well as other activities of cultural and educational cooperation between the two countries.

North Macedonia and the Export-Import Bank of China signed a loan agreement on November 26, 2013, for a new motorway project costing 206 million euro.

China’s Export-Import Bank is financing a loan to North Macedonia to build the Kicevo-Ohrid highway. Sinohydro Corporation Limited is the main contractor working with local construction companies Granit and Beton. Beton has been involved in several cases related to disputed tenders.

University of Thessaly Confucius Institute was established in 2019, under an agreement between the University of Thessaly and the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Hanban, in co-operation with the Central University of Finance and Economics, CUFE, in Beijing. Its main objectives are to strengthen educational cooperation between China and Greece, to support and promote the development of the Chinese language and cultural education and to promote scientific research and academic exchange, according to its official website. It also supports Greek scholars' research on Chinese culture, history, politics, law, economy, and it also organises events to present various forms of traditional Chinese culture, offers public lectures, and various language and culture courses.
 

Τhe Confucius Institute was founded in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in December 2018, constituting a joint venture between the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Shanghai University, SISU, and the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Hanban. According to its official website, the Institute is a "non-profit educational organization that started its operation in the academic year 2019-2020 with the main aim of contributing to the preservation and promotion of the two countries΄ intellectual heritage and creativity." Its mission is "to teach and disseminate the Chinese language, to develop joint educational and research programs between the Universities involved and to promote the Chinese culture through a variety of cultural and educational events which will be offered to the academic and broader community".

The Confucius Institute was opened in September 2013 at the National and University St Kliment Ohridski Library, within the University of Skopje. In 2014, the Institute received a donation of books, textbooks, teaching and audiovisual materials to the University library, which was given by the Central Administration of the Confucius Institutes in China.