The 7^th meeting of China-CEEC Higher Education Institutions Consortium entitled «Promoting the Sustainable Development of Education Cooperation between China and Central & Eastern European Countries» took place on December 2, 2021. Greece participated through the presentation by Dr. Maria Klapa, Principal Researcher of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of the Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), who referred to the collaboration of the FORTH/ICE-HT Metabolic Engineering & Systemic Biology Laboratory with the laboratory of Prof. Shihui Yang, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, China, and the collaboration memorandum between FORTH/ICE-HT and the Hubei University since October 2018. Welcoming remarks to the event were also delivered by the Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prof. John Chrysoulakis.