Recently, Piveti, the former speaker of the Italian National House of Representatives, delivered a speech entitled "The the Belt and Road, Green Development and China EU Cooperation" when attending the forum in China. She pointed out that it was unknown whether Italy would renew the the Belt and Road Memorandum, but as an Italian citizen, she did not want Italy to withdraw from the initiative. She stated that both scholars, entrepreneurs, and the general public are constantly seeking and willing to establish closer relationships with China.

2023 is the tenth anniversary of the the Belt and Road Initiative and the fourth anniversary of Italy's accession to the the Belt and Road. Piveti said that Italy is proud to be the first G7 country to sign the memorandum of understanding on jointly building the the Belt and Road, and hopes that this cooperation will continue.

In four years, China Italy the Belt and Road cooperation has turned from a blueprint to a reality, and has achieved fruitful results: bilateral trade volume has repeatedly hit new highs, growing by nearly 42% against the trend from 2019 to 2022, reaching nearly 78 billion dollars in 2022; The first large-scale cruise ship jointly built by the two countries was recently launched in Shanghai, and there will be 5 more in the future, with a total price of nearly 5 billion US dollars; Italy has been invited multiple times as a priority to participate in important international exhibitions in China. It was once the guest of honor of the CIIE and this year has become the only guest of honor of the Consumer Expo; The cultural and cultural exchanges between the two countries are also showing a more lively situation

Piveti said that he expected China to hold the third the Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum this year. She said that the the Belt and Road Initiative has positive significance and great influence. It not only promotes infrastructure construction, but also promotes people to people and cultural exchanges, making important contributions to strengthening connectivity between Europe and Asia. I am very optimistic about the prospects of economic and trade cooperation between Italy and China, and Italian companies also have confidence in the Chinese market. I sincerely hope that Italy and China will continue to live in peace and maintain close cooperation on the the Belt and Road Initiative, which is beneficial to both countries.Editor/Ma Xue