Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan governor, met in Changsha with Massimo Ambrosetti, Italian ambassador to China, and his entourage on July 20, 2024.

Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan governor, met in Changsha with Massimo Ambrosetti, Italian ambassador to China, on July 20, 2024.

Qu Hai, secretary general of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, attended.

Governor Mao welcomed Ambrosetti and his delegation and briefed the guests on the economic and social development of Hunan Province. He mentioned that Hunan has long been actively involved in China-Italian friendship and cooperation, carrying out frequent people-to-people exchanges, substantial economic and trade cooperation, and close cultural and tourism interactions with Italy. Hunan and the Marche Region, Italy, has knotted a friendship province-region relationship. Hunan-based machinery equipment maker Zoomlion acquired Italy's CIFA, hence becoming the world's largest concrete machinery manufacturer. The imports and exports between Hunan and Italy totaled 4.16 billion CNY in 2023, and reached 1.72 billion CNY in the first five months of this year.

 
Governor Mao noted that Hunan is thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). It has been unswervingly holding high the banner of reform and opening up, making all-out efforts to build "Three Hubs", and continuously expanding the high-level opening up to the world.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership. Mao expected the two sides to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, further enhancing people-to-peole exchanges, expanding new sources of growth for cooperation in such fields as machinery manufacturing, industrial design, and agriculture. He also emphasized the importance of deepening exchanges and communication in economy and trade, science and technology, culture, education, tourism, sports, and other fields, aiming for mutual benefits and win-win development.

Ambassador Ambrosetti said that Italy and Hunan have strong economic complementarity, which lays a good foundation for cooperation and broad prospects for development. He hoped that the two sides will deepen cooperation in such fields as economy and trade, science and technology, and agriculture; expand cultural exchanges and mutual learning; and, facilitate Italian investment and startups in Hunan, jointly writing a new chapter of Italy-China cooperation.

The ambassador and his entourage came to Hunan this time to visit the "She Walks in Beauty: Women of the Han Dynasty and Rome Empire" exhibition at the Hunan Museum. The exhibition was co-hosted by the Hunan Museum and Italy's Special Superintendence for the Archaeological Heritage of Rome.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn