Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed on Sunday to "relaunch" cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her first official visit to Beijing since taking office.
The Italian leader said her five-day trip was a "demonstration of the will to begin a new phase, to relaunch our bilateral cooperation."
Later in the day Meloni said that an industrial cooperation memorandum signed by Italy and China includes strategic industrial sectors such as electric mobility and renewables.
Meloni, who sees Chinese investment as a way to spur Italy's anemic economic growth, will meet Xi and China's top legislator, Zhao Leji, third in the leadership hierarchy.
Meloni is expected to raise Chinese overcapacity with Chinese officials, as well as Chinese economic support for Russia in its war with Ukraine.
Persons:
Giorgia Meloni, Meloni, Premier Li Qiang, Xi, Qiang, Zhao Leji, Leonardo, Gabbana
Organizations:
Italian, Premier, Xi Jinping's, Pirelli, ENI, Russia
Locations:
China, Beijing, Rome, Italy, Ukraine