(20 June 2016) Agenda for Italy 4.0 that wants to seize all the opportunities of the Chinese market, creating value and promoting its image of a modern and vibrant country. With this, the second informal meeting of Sistema Italia Group in China closed on June 17 and 18 at the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the Consulate General, The Italian Chamber of Commerce and the ICE agency. This meeting is the result of an experimental series that took place last October in Yanqi Lake (Beijing) that later became the best economic diplomacy practice. Over 80 representatives of the business community, institutions and the world of the University have arrived in Shanghai from all over China for a two-day discussion with the aim of consolidating the dialogue between Sistema Italian Group to discuss the most effective means to promote Italy. “Among the most important results of the meeting in Shanghai was the sharing of a common agenda inspired by the ‘The road to 50’ launched by the Embassy for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italian and China focused on the areas of greater complementarity between China and Italy – according to the Italian Ambassador Ettore Sequi- : Health, green technologies, sustainable urbanisation, agribusiness, aviation, and culture, science and tourism. “The meeting ended with the commitment to develop a new three-year plan (2017-2019) that will set the collaboration agenda for Italy and China in the coming years. (Red)
