ROME, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of leading Chinese and Italian media pledged on Wednesday here to renew and expand collaboration to facilitate mutual understanding between the peoples and to promote bilateral ties. On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Italy, some 200 government officials, media executives, reporters and experts of the two countries participated in a dialogue in the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome.
Ambassadors anticipate reinforced cooperation, boosted multilateralism on Xi's trip to Italy President Xi Jinping left Beijing for Rome on Thursday, kicking off his first overseas trip of the year — one that is aimed at broadening areas of cooperation and injecting new impetus into Sino-European ties. During his state visit to Italy, the first stop of a six-day tour that will take him to three nations, Xi and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will jointly witness the signing of intergovernmental cooperation documents in fields of diplomacy, economy and trade, and culture, as well as commercial agreements in infrastructure, machinery and finance.
ROME, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply to their letter, students at an Italian boarding school were surprised, excited and encouraged. "I'm so happy to know that President Xi has received our letter," Giovanni Stoppoloni, a fifth-grader at Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, told Xinhua cheerfully.
Spring heralds a fresh start. At the invitation of Italian President Sergio Mattarella, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Italy.
