China and the European Union are two of the biggest traders in the world, trading on average over €1 billion a day. China in 2016 was the largest EU import partner accounting for 20% of EU imports and the EU second largest export partner accounting for 10% of EU export. China’s Belt and Road Initiative launched in 2013, which is to improve the connectivity between Asia, Europe, and Africa by reducing logistics costs, opens new opportunities to Chinese firms in terms of trade and investment. It is the case in Northern Europe in the Baltic Sea Region which is well connected to China by both wings of the Belt and Road: the Maritime Silk Road and the Silk Road Economic Belt.