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Inaugurated in the prestigious venue of the Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing (the Silicon Valley of China), the ninth edition of the Sino-Italian Exchange Event. The event, started 10 years ago thanks to the long-term vision of the Campania Region, is part of the China-Italy Science, Technology and Innovation Week 2015. “When it started we looked to China only to relocate low-cost production” said the CEO of Città della Scienza Vincenzo Lipardi. “But now – he continued – thanks to the collaboration of Città della Scienza, we talk about a different cooperative level that can be mutually profitable. After ten years, the gamble paid off.”
About 200 Italian participants from 170 organizations and many Chinese counterparts have driven a hard day’s work waiting for the opening ceremony tomorrow with the Minister of Education, University and Research Stefania Giannini. In the evening, the Minister gave her welcome message to the Italian delegation during a reception at the Embassy: “All the enterprises, universities, research centers that are here represent the success of this process started six years ago, but to tell the truth even before. They are proof that when it comes to Italy we can’t talk only about culture, but also we have at least to mention our boost at innovation. We hope to continue walking along the same road with this edition and to be able to do something more”, Giannini said.
“We are very proud to have given way to this important initiative on matchmaking and innovative system that connects companies, universities, research centers, innovative clusters and public bodies,” said Valeria Fascione, Regional Minster of the Campania Region for Internationalization, Startup and Innovation. “We hope with this event to turn China’s spotlight on the opportunities to be seized in a partnership with Italy on issues of science and technology, but also on issues of production and culture. Our excellence deserve to attract new investments”, concluded Fascione.
The thematic groups have touched ten areas, including academic exchange and science popularization. In particular, University Federico II, Second University of Naples, Suor Orsola Benincasa, University of Salerno and University of Sannio made a valuable contribution: theirdelegates have visited this morning the Beijing Technology and Business University. The science popularization was a hot topic, thanks to the strong desire to strengthen ties between Italy and China.The participants in the discussion table played a very fruitful meeting that has developed the way to go in order to follow the strategy “one road, one belt”, which increasingly binds China to Italy.
