On May 13, China and 17 Central and Eastern European countries held a special video conference of health ministers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The video conference was attended and addressed by representatives of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, the Secretariat for Cooperation of China and 17 Central and Eastern European countries and heads of health departments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.