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China's renewed prominence is the most important development in international relations in the 21 st century.

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The tourism industry together with related industries have been attracting researchers’ focus since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis due to the immense pandemic impact on this sector. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the overall influence of the pandemic and post-pandemic period on the global tourism sector and the related industries in Slovakia. The authors have selected the example of a Slovak travel agency and investigated its financial performance during the time of the Covid-19 crisis, which experiences an extreme decline in total revenues. Besides, the authors consider an empirical example from a tourism practitioner in New York, who behaves actively and experiences a successful exchange against the shock of the crisis. The favorable news of recovery slowly appearing was the inspiration for the scientific paper which in the end makes suggestions and formulates potential expectations of the future sustainable development of the tourism industry.

The Europe Green Agreement is a new growth strategy for the EU economy – the sustainable and healthier one for people and the planet lead­ing to the green economy. State aid rules are being modernized and aligned with current trends of international dimensions. The scientific study objec­tive is to examine the progress of the Green state aid process in Slovakia, to analyse the approach of Slovakia in connection with the commitments made complying with the green strategy, and to assess specific activities in the state aid implementation process stressing environmental protection through waste management encouragement. The case study methodology is applied in the case of bentonite use, mined in Slovakia, which is analysed in the scientific paper as part of an eco-industrial application. Moreover, the aim is also to address the People’s Republic of China’s environmental policy perspective.