Looked up one news report of Jean-Charles Gaudechon, Managing Director of CCP Shanghai interviewed by Sina during the 2017 Fanfest:http://games.sina.com.cn/ol/n/2017-04-20/fyepsea9777522.shtml
Chinese excerpt
新浪游戏：请问EVE欧服免费化运营之后的现状如何，将来国服会不会也采用这种模式？
答：首先，CCP一直重视EVE国服玩家的游戏体验，国服玩家也是最聪明最具激情的MMO玩家群体之一。两年前Fanfest上举行的国服和欧服玩家的“世界碰撞”对抗赛非常精彩，我现在仍然记忆犹新。自从欧服免费化运营以来国服确实在版本更新进度上比较迟缓，我们当然愿意将这一模式带到国服，不过目前我们仍然在等待最佳时期的到来。虽然目前还不能透露具体是在什么时候，但是CCP从上到下都非常期待能让国服玩家享有和欧服同步的游戏体验，这也是我们今后工作的努力方向。
Translation
Sina Games: How is Tranquility doing after the Alpha Clone and free-to-play change? Will Serenity adopt this system in the future?
JC: First, CCP had always valued the Serenity players’ gaming experience. Serenity players are the most smart and passionate among the MMO playerbase. The “World Collide” competition between the two servers held on Fanfest two years ago was fascinating, which I still vividly remember. Since the free-to-play change the Serenity did fall behind on patches, and we do want to bring this patch to Serenity, though we are still waiting for the best opportunity to do it. Although we cannot tell the exact date now, everyone in CCP is looking forward to giving up-to-date gaming experience to Serenity players, which is our goal in the future.
Looks quite ironic months later.