On September 17, 2021, Ms. Maria Novella Rossi of Tg2 Rai interviewed the Chinese Ambassador to Italy Li Junhua. They talked about China's role in the fight against Covid-19, trade and cultural post-pandemic relations between China and Italy, Beijing Winter Olympics, relations between China and Afghanistan and geopolitical relations in the Pacific area. Foto di Salvatore Scialò With reference to the fight against Covid-19, Ambassador Li highlighted China's scientific, open an

President Xi and President Draghi. Source: affaritaliani.it On September 7, 2021 the Italian government President, Mario Draghi, had a telephone conversation with the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping. As stated in the press release of the Italian government, “They mainly discussed the recent developments of the Afghan crisis and the possible areas of international cooperation to manage it, including the G20. Prime Minister Draghi and President Xi also d

On July 5, 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a virtual summit. The meeting followed the 100th anniversary's celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party. European experts and media said that this virtual summit aimed to “serve to seek common ground,” and “signals a desire for closer collaboration”. In 2020, China became the EU's first trading partner and it was concluded the bilateral investment treaty,

On May 21, 2021, Avv. Chiara Civitelli, secretary general of the Silk Council Association, held a video conference lecture on "Legal, geopolitical and ethical aspects of digital transformation" to the students of the "digital business organization" course of the Tuscia University (Department of Humanities, Communication and Tourism Sciences). In her lecture, Avv. Civitelli illustrated the main opportunities and criticalities of the digital transformation to which the Covid-19

The "Two Sessions" (in Chinese "lianghui") of the Political Consultative Conference (ccppc) and the National People's Congress (NPC) in China were held from 4 and 5 to 11 March 2021 to discuss the next strategic objectives and growth and to approve the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development 2021-2025 (which had already been anticipated in the 5th plenary session of the XIX Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party). Briefly, the five-year plan provides

#china #geopolitics #infrastructure #balcani #easteurope #summit #cooperation CEEC is a cooperation platform, launched in 2012, between China and 17 Eastern European countries. On February 9, 2021, the China CEEC (Central and Eastern Europe Countries) Summit was held via videoconference, with the participation, for the first time, of President Xi Jinping. During the Summit, China confirmed its willingness to supply the anticovid vaccine, which Hungary and Serbia have already

#freetrade #africa #ACFTA #international #geopolitics On January 1, 2021, the African Continental Free Trade Area officially entered into force, involving 54 African nations (excluding Eritrea) and 1.2 billion people. The decision to establish an internal free trade area was taken at the extraordinary summit of the African Union on 21 March 2018 in Kigali (Rwanda). The treaty was then signed in Niamey, the capital of Niger, in July 2019. The agreement provides for the progres

#BRI #NuovaViadellaSeta #china #silkcouncil #international #geopolitics As of March 2020, the number of countries that have joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China is 138. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi presided over a high-level video conference on Belt and Road international cooperation in Beijing, on June 18, 2020. // Il 18 giugno 2020 a Pechino, il consigliere di stato e ministro degli ester

#geopolitics #China #green #innovation #international #trade #economy #policy Source: Repubblica/Reuters From October 26 to 29, 2020, the 5th plenary session of the XIX Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing, in which the proposals for the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development 2021-2025 were adopted and the strategic objectives for 2035 were discussed. These contents had already been partially anticipated by President Xi Jinping