On September 15, 2021, Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Cao Zhongming attended the opening ceremony of the China (Zhejiang)-Belgium Life and Health International Technology Innovation Conference and delivered a speech. Science and Technology Counsellor Guo Xiaolin and others attended. Zhou Guohui, vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial CPPCC, and Jean de Bethune, deputy governor of West Flanders, Belgium, attended the event and delivered speeches.