On 24th of August, President Li Xiaolin met with the newly-appointed Ambassador of Italy, His Excellency Ettore Francesco Sequi, and other members of the Embassy.

President Li Xiaolin expressed welcome to the Ambassador, hoped to continue promoting the friendship between two countries with the joint efforts of two parts. Li said Italy is famous for her richness of history and abundance of cultural resources, she hoped that the two parts could cooperate further in the fields of culture, city administration, humanity, etc.

Ambassador Sequi said that the CPAFFC had made great contribution to the cooperation in different fields between two countries, especially in the field of the exchanges between local governments. Sequi expresses that he was willing to hold more exchange activities, particularly to implement more pragmatic cooperation program based on the One Belt and One Road initiative.

This year marks the 45 anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship of China and Italy, the two sides agreed to hold related celebration activities on the occasion.