EnglishThe Ambassador of the Republic of China Li Ruiyu visited the spaces in via Coroglio, a model of local development based on the promotion of scientific and technological innovation, to testify the fruitful collaboration that Città della Scienza has pursued for years with China in science and technology fields.
During the visit, the Ambassador was accompanied by the Regional Minister for Internationalization, Startups and Innovation, Valeria Fascione, the Scientific Adviser, Cao Jianye, the First Secretary, Han Canqiong, and the Third Secretary, Yin Shengxin.
The delegation was welcomed by the Chief Executive Officer of Città della Scienza, Vincenzo Lipardi, and was greeted by Professor Vittorio Silvestrini before kick off the presentation in the Oppenheimer meeting room. “The relations between Naples and China have ancient roots,” Lipardi said. “It is possible to recognize this long friendship – he continued – in the community of physicists, scientists, men of culture and in their cooperation”. “The importance of Città della Scienza for young scientists, companies and partnerships in science is well known in China”, said Ambassador Li Ruiyu. “Italy and Made in Italy are increasingly popular, as evidenced by the +7% registered in trade relations between the two countries (about 48 billion US dollars) last year. But also the cooperation between the universities is increasingly fruitful”.
Before visiting the centre, meeting startups and enterprises post incubated in the Industrial Area of Knowledge, the Regional Minister Fascione wanted to explain that during the morning were placed the basis for increasing cooperation between Campania and China in tourism, culture, science, technology, infrastructure and interchange: “Italy and China are two countries with history and tradition, many proposals for cooperation were put in place and many more will follow. As a first concrete step we hope to close deals during the China-Italy Science, Technology & Innovation Week 2015”.
The visit of the Ambassador Li Ruiyu anticipates a few weeks the China-Italy Science, Technology & Innovation Week 2015, which will take place 16th to 20th November in China in Beijing, Chongqing, Tianjin and Shanghai. The mission aims to promote a continuous dialogue between the two countries on innovation, science and technology, to build partnerships in technology, production and trade in the innovative research-enterprise contexts. The Italian delegation in the Far East will be particularly large with its 150 participants and will be led by Minister of Education, University and Research Stefania Giannini.
