* The law is good, but it is not implemented the way it should be

* We need a strategy for the development of the relations between Romania and China

* Romania may conclude an agreement with China on investments in agriculture and exports of pork meat

Visa-related issues, which Chinese citizens are encountering when they decide to come to Romania, have become worse lately, according to Gabriel Ghelmegeanu, the chairman of the Romanian Chinese Chamber Of Commerce And Industry (CCIRC).

He said: "Nothing has been done about the issue of visas for Chinese citizens by the new government; on the contrary, everything has gotten worse. The law is good, and if it were complied with, there would be no more such issues, but it is not, it is not being applied the way it is supposed to. The Chinese who come to Romania are put in a room and interrogated. They are being asked why they are coming to Romania, how many days they plan on staying, why they stay for that number of days, who they are meeting..."

Gabriel Ghelmegeanu said that we need a strategy of the government, to help the development of the relations between Romania and the People's Republic of China.

* Botănoiu: "We need to turn towards the markets that we have forgotten about"

In October this year, Romania and China may conclude an agreement concerning the investments in agriculture, which might be supported by the Chinese party and the reactivation of the Romanian exports of pork meat to the Chinese market.

Gabriel Ghelmegeanu said that Romania had an agreement concluded with China for the bilateral meat trade: "Romania had this agreement, and China most likely has its own regulations in that field, just like any other countries, which we need to comply with. Since we were no longer interested, we didn't go there to renew the agreement. At the time, the actions for the