Feb. 4 – This year, Umbria introduces “China Day,” an event that will take place on Friday to take stock of the cooperation projects between the Italian region and the Asian country. In the morning the President of the Umbria Region, Catiuscia Marini, will look at the past year’s work in China and will outline plans for 2015. Speakers include the programming director of the Umbria Region, Lucio Caporizzi, the director of Sviluppumbria, Mauro Agostini, the Chinese ambassador to Italy, Li Ruiyu, the president of the Italy-China Foundation, Cesare Romiti, the We Chat Country Manager, Andrea Ghizzoni, the Dean of the University of Perugia, Franco Moriconi, and the Deputy Director General for the Internationalization of the National System at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Vincenzo De Luca. In the afternoon, the Chinese ambassador, Li Ruiyu, will give the keynote speech, followed by a meeting on the issues of “business support in the Chinese market, attracting investments, events and promotional tools for Umbria.” Speakers include the Vice President of the Umbria Region, Carla Casciari, the Counselor of the Embassy of China, Zhang Chi, the representative of the Commercial Office of the Embassy, Cong Wu, the coordinator of the Jobs, Training and Internationalization Department of the Umbria Region, Luigi Rossetti, Andrea Hemp of the Italy-China Foundation, and the coordinator of the Agricultural, Tourism and Culture Department and responsible for Expo for the Umbria Region, Ciro Becchetti.
