At 11:00 a.m. local time on June 13 (17:00 p.m. Beijing time on June 13), the first stop of the 2023 “Invest Shanghai – Global Roadshow” series was successfully held in Rome, Italy. With the theme of ‘Charming Twin Cities, Win-Win Future’, this event aims to demonstrate the achievements of Shanghai’s industrial and economic development in recent years, tap the incremental growth of deepening cooperation between Shanghai and Italy in key industrial fields, and actively attract more Italian high-quality enterprises to invest in Shanghai, layout in China, and achieve win-win development. Liu Ping, Deputy Director of Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatisation (Municipal Investment Promotion Office), Li Bin, Minister Counsellor of Economy and Commerce of the Chinese Embassy in Italy, Pietro Piccinetti, Director of the Italy China Council Foundation and representative of the Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Manufacturing, attended the event and delivered speeches, and Marco Bettin, Secretary General of the Italy China Council Foundation, delivered a speech. Marco Bettin, Secretary General of Italy China Council Foundation, presided over the event, and nearly 100 key Italian enterprises from biomedicine, digital economy, green low-carbon, automotive and other industrial fields participated in the meeting.
Liu Ping said that Italy and Shanghai have a broad space for co-operation in industrial synergy and innovation, and Shanghai has always been one of the main investment destinations for Italian enterprises in China, with well-known Italian enterprises such as Komar Engineering, Soling Diagnostics, Ansaldo Gas Turbine, Ferrari, and so on, landing in Shanghai and achieving great success. At present, Shanghai is making every effort to build a modern industrial system of ‘2+(3+6)+(4+5)’, continuing to create an international first-class business environment and investment environment, and helping to form a benign pattern of synergistic interaction between high-quality development and high-level opening up, so more Italian enterprises are welcome to choose Shanghai and invest in Shanghai.
Counsellor Li Bin believes that Shanghai can be favoured by global investors, including Italy, thanks to China’s stable development and continuous opening up, economic growth, broad market, open and inclusive China is an irreplaceable partner, and hopes that Italian companies can further strengthen their confidence in China’s development, and put their good projects and new business in China and Shanghai.
Representative Pietro Piccinnetti said that Shanghai is the largest economic centre city in China, Shanghai Electric Group, Orient International Group and Bright Food Group all have investment and industrial cooperation in Italy, and many Italian enterprises preferred Shanghai for investment in China, Shanghai and Italy have very extensive economic and industrial cooperation with promising prospects.
This event is the first stop of ‘Invest in Shanghai – Global Tour’ in 2023. In the next step, the Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and the Municipal Investment Promotion Office will join hands with relevant units in the urban areas to organise and plan a series of overseas investment promotion activities to showcase Shanghai’s future development opportunities on the world stage, and to play the strongest voice of ‘Invest in Shanghai’. Before the event, the delegation also went to Tel Aviv, Israel, Milan, Italy and other cities to visit local key enterprises, to understand the enterprise’s intention to invest in Shanghai and development strategy, and discuss further cooperation.
Relevant responsible comrades from Industrial Investment Department of Municipal Economy and Information Technology Commission and Municipal Biomedical Industry Promotion Centre, representatives of Shanghai Global Investment Promotion Partner PwC, China-Italy Innovation Centre, representatives of relevant Italian business associations and other guests attended the event.
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