According to what has been learned from the Italian Embassy in Beijing, the meeting of the Italian System in China was held in Beijing days ago. The Italian ambassador in Beijing Luca Ferrari recalled that the diplomatic-consular network of Italy in China, together with the Italian institutes and companies in the country, has undertaken to consolidate the results achieved and strengthen the Italian presence in China, looking at 2022 with optimism.

From an economic point of view, based on ISTAT data, excellent results were achieved in terms of exports to China in the first ten months of 2021, with an important growth of 28.3% compared to the same period of 2020 (20 % on 2019 before the pandemic), for a total of 12.81 billion euros of goods and services exported from Italy. 2022 will also be the year of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism. Therefore, the diplomatic-consular network will focus on the production of large-scale cultural events and promoting an effective handover between Beijing and Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The meeting was chaired by the Ambassador of Italy to the People's Republic of China, Luca Ferrari, attended by the Consuls General and Deputy Consuls of Shanghai, Canton, Chongqing and Hong Kong, the Directors of the ICE Offices and those of the Italian Institutes of Culture of the Chinese network, in addition to the representatives of the various Italian administrations present in Beijing (Defense, MEF, Bank of Italy, Customs, Guardia di Finanza, State Police, ENIT, SACE) and the President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China.

(Translated from Italian)