Italy’s relations with China are of high priority for the country and their trade ties have the potential to grow, several experts told Xinhua after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s recent visit to China.
During her official visit to Beijing from July 27 to 31, Meloni said Italy hopes to strengthen dialogue with China, tap the potential and deepen bilateral cooperation in such fields as trade, investment, electric vehicles, and artificial intelligence, strengthen people-to-people exchanges, and encourage more Italian products to enter the Chinese market.
Alberto Antonucci, an independent consultant and professor of business strategy at Italy’s H-Farm College, told Xinhua that the two countries can complement each other in the green economy. “Italy wants to make a green transition and China undoubtedly has a great advantage on electric vehicles and batteries,” he said.
Mario Boselli, chairman of the Italy China Council Foundation, noted that Italy and China remain important trade partners and there is potential for their trade ties to grow even more. “There is no doubt that strengthening ties with China is a high priority for the Italian government,” he said.