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“It is not easy to represent Italy abroad: often the culture and tradition for which our country is traditionally known risk of obscuring other capabilities such as those expressed by the technological excellence”. With these words the Italian General Consul in Chongqing, Sergio Maffettone, opened the second day of the summit in the ancient capital of China during the China-Italy Science, Technology and Innovation Week 2015. With this in mind, continued Maffettone, “we lived historic days, what has been sown in Chongqing will bear fruit. It is already giving them considering all the agreements signed so far and others that will be reached shortly. We want to provide a political framework that gives assurance to the meetings, it is important to gain the trust of each others”. The consul said that “Italy is the European country closer to China, I’m sure that we will overcome the language barriers in order to improve economic conditions and well-being. The consulate was opened here 20 months ago because the government found in this city a unique opportunity to invest and to establish new relationships. With GDP increasing by over 10% every year, Chongqing city is the symbol of China’s growth”.
Important numbers for the development, but Italy is present in Chongqing through institutes as the Galilei that help the Italian presence. The Consul has ended his speech with an eye to the future: “There is room here for all the excellence in science, technology and research that populate the Italian system to sow the strengthening of friendship between Italy and China”.
Before the beginning of the meetings Fabrizio Cobis, from the Directorate General of the Ministry of Education, spoke to the audience.
“We wanted to bring the best players in China, and these days are giving us great satisfaction”, he said. “The B2Bs offered excellent results and I noted the creation of a mutual interest. Italy and China want to make this event a starting point, many agreements have been reached and many more will be done”. Cobis explained that the Ministry intends to create a table that can continue to accompany this process and that would give confidence to the investments for the future. “I come out of this experience very satisfied. In Italy there is a system of research and innovation that can collaborate and integrate, the more you push on these issues the more you can find new opportunities”, he concluded.
Even today were put down on paper some understandings for cooperation between Italy and China. The IDIS Foundation, along with the District of Hechuan and ITTN signed an agreement for the activation of mechanisms for international technology transfer and innovation.
New understanding during the China-Italy Science, Technology and Innovation Week for the Campania Region which has reached agreement with the District of Hechuan, China region rich in history and artifacts, for cooperation in the tourism industry.
The issues on the table in parallel sessions of the second day of the event in Chongqing have included health, sustainable development, electronic information and big data. The interchange between the participants from both countries was once again very profitable in terms of knowledge sharing, as well as very fruitful have confirmed the numerous B2B meetings in which Chinese and Italian participants have established the first reports as the base future collaboration.
