This day, 11 November, in 2019, President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Greece at the invitation of Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos. Accompanied by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he inspected the Port of Piraeus, chief sea port for Athens, in which China’s COSCO Shipping Lines, a landmark project of joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, is the majority shareholder.