Beijing Expo Delegation Visited Italy for Exhibitor Invitation

Recently, entrusted by the Executive Committee of 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition, Liu Mingli, vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Yanqing District, participated in the Euroflora 2018 in Genoa, Italy. Led by Wang Fuguo, the Chinese Consul General in Florence, and Zhang Gang, head of CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade) Representative Office in Italy, the delegation met with Marco Bucci the Mayor of Genoa at the Governor's Office of Genoa for issues related to Italy’s participation in Beijing Expo.

During the meeting, Marco Bucci the Mayor of Genoa welcomed the delegation’s participation in the Euroflora 2018. He said that the Euroflora, the international flower show, is a well-known horticultural event in Genoa and Italy's most strategic means of promoting flowers and gardening. He hoped that through today's meeting, Euroflora could connect with 2019 Beijing Expo, and promote business cooperation between Genoa and China. Vice chairman Liu Mingli thanked the Mayor of Genoa for his warm welcome and expressed his great expectations to Euroflora 2018 in Genoa, Italy, and wished the Euroflora exhibition a complete success. Meanwhile, he said that Italy was a flower country and hoped that the Genoa government could call on the Italian government to participate in Beijing Expo 2019, or the Genoa government could participate on behalf of the Italian government. He also welcomed other Italian cities and excellent horticultural enterprises to join as unofficial participants. Meanwhile, he hoped that with the opportunity of the government and enterprises participating in Beijing Expo 2019, the advanced horticultural technology, new varieties of plants, and new ideas and horticultural concepts would be brought to Yanqing, Beijing. He hoped that the two sides would collaborate and both develop its horticultural industry.

Mayor Marco Bucci said that the municipal government of Genoa was very willing to participate in Beijing Expo 2019 and would actively call on the Italian government to participate. Vice chairman Liu Mingli also expressed his warm welcome to Genoa’s participation on behalf of Italy. He also hoped that the government of Genoa would be able to visit the Beijing Expo and Yanqing on the spot, to jointly seek in-depth cooperation in the field of horticulture.

For the next step, the two sides will also sign a memorandum of cooperation to further the agreement between the official government of Genoa and outstanding enterprises to participate in Beijing Expo 2019.

After that, vice chairman Liu Mingli also had a detailed discussion with representatives from the flower industry enterprises in Sanremo, Italy, and invited them to participate in Beijing Expo 2019 as representative companies.

In the afternoon of April 21, Vice Chairman Liu Mingli also met with Allerto Manzo of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and the Secretary General of the Italian Pavilion of Milan Expo 2015, and conducted detailed communication on how to promote the official participation of Italy.

The meeting was of great practical significance for further promoting the official participation of Italy, and achieved ideal results for the current stage.