BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the seventh meeting of the China-Italy entrepreneurs committee with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Beijing on Sunday, calling for enhanced economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Li said since the establishment of the entrepreneurs committee 10 years ago, it has played a positive role in promoting economic and trade cooperation as well as bilateral relations.
Against the backdrop of a sluggish global economic recovery, China and Italy should strengthen economic and trade cooperation to inject more impetus into the development of the two countries, Li said.
He called on the two countries to vigorously promote and practice the Silk Road spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit, adhere to the principle of mutual benefit, support each other's development and work together to achieve common prosperity.
Li noted that the continuous and in-depth development of the China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership will create more stable expectations for economic and trade cooperation for the two sides and bring broader opportunities. ■
