Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Italian counterpart agreed to jointly push for greater development of the China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era.

To open wider to the world is an inevitable choice of China to realize high-quality economic development, and also a reflection of the country’s responsibility to lead global openness.

Chinese officials have revealed a number of highlights from President Xi Jinping’s ongoing state visit to Italy, Monaco and France.

The US, in the 2018 country reports on human rights practices released by its State Department on March 13, once again acted as a self-styled “human rights defender”.

Sino-Italian friendship is rooted in the long history of friendly exchanges. In recent years, cultural cooperation between the two countries has maintained a good momentum.

China’s non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) in 1,416 companies in 138 countries and regions stood at $15.66 billion from January to February.

Rapid development of technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing in China will help create more job opportunities.