Part of the research done during the realization of the project - The EU, China and the Western Balkans: The Challenges and Prospects of Further Integration, was presented at the regional conference „Geopolitics and the political Economy of Conflict in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean“. The conference was organized in Niš (Serbia) jointly in University of Niš, Faculty of Economics and Science-Technology Park Niš, from 3^rd to 5^th September, 2021.