The chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi in Rome

The Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi

Rome [ENA] Today the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the 9th Meeting of the Italy-China Government Committee, the major forum to give impulse and political orientation to the Italian-Chinese strategic partnership. The Government Committee, which is co-chaired by the respective Ministers of Foreign Affairs, has been coordinating the multifaceted sectoral cooperation between the two Countries since 2004,

Meeting Italy China in Rome

spanning from economic and commercial issues to financial matters, including sectors such as that of technology, science, the environment, healthcare, agriculture, culture, education, tourism, security and justice.   The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, https://youtu.be/Dl57E_EcbTQ and the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, have spoken at the https://youtu.be/B1dEqmepoXE Plenary Session. Nineteen cooperation agreements in research and economy were signed recently between Italy and China during the opening day of the 9th China-Italy Science, Technology, and Innovation Week in Milan.

Running until Dec. 6, 2018 the Milan event kicked off in the presence of Italy's Education and Research Minister and China's Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang. The event attracted some 1,470 delegates from about 755 universities, research institutions, and productive entities of the two countries. The cooperation deals between Italy and the People’s Republic of China cover various economic sectors, research activities and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence applied to robotics to promote collaborative robots, and cooperation to build the Chinese next-generation synchrotron radiation facility. And Rome governmental meeting will strengthen the cooperation in these and other sectors.

Till now agreements would also allow the creation of summer schools for Italian and Chinese students in mechatronics, advanced robotics and digital systems. In Rome the two Foreign Ministers stressed satisfaction with "the excellent level" of bilateral cooperation in scientific and technological innovation. In contemporary globalization, innovation is the key factor for the dynamism of economic and social systems that are connected worldwide.The knowledge economy goes beyond national borders and it is therefore only by enhancing research that we can plan a future of individual and collective prosperity. The Sino-Italian relationship is ancient as Minister Moavero Milanesi said and is fundamental for the cultural, economic and political

Participants in Rome Meeting

future of Italy."We have ongoing collaborations with 158 countries for the Belt and Road Initiative among which Italy is a strategic partner," Wang Yi said. In Rome there were also representatives of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China and a particular attention will be paid to sustainable energies.At the event in Rome , researchers, business people, and delegates addressed a vast range of issues in line with the respective research strategies of the two countries according to the organizers.These would include life sciences, advanced manufacturing, green growth, sustainable urbanization, food security, culture heritage in smart cities, and smart grids