On January 23rd, Zhang Xu, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, met with Gian Marco Centinaio, minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Tourism. They exchanged views on further strengthening cooperation in culture and tourism.
Zhang Xu spoke positively of the development of tourism cooperation between two countries, and stressed that tourism exchanges are an important part of China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership. China is willing to proactively implement the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on strengthening tourism strategic cooperation. Meanwhile, we hope to work jointly with Italy to engage in official dialogues, establish cooperative platforms and improve the quality of services, thus making new progress in tourism exchanges and cooperation.
Gian Marco Centinaio introduced the measures that Italy has taken to attract Chinese tourists. Besides, he hoped to further deepen cooperation with China so as to forge larger-scale tourism visits between two sides.
Italian Ambassador to China Ettore Francesco Sequi also attended the meeting.