A seguito del webinar "Cina: situazione attuale e opportunità per le imprese italiane", organizzato dal nostro Socio Banca Popolare di Sondrio in data 28/10/2020, è stato riportato quanto segue dall'agenzia di stampa cinese Xinhuanet:
The chief of Italy China Chamber of Commerce (CICC) said on Wednesday that it is essential for Italian companies that wish to do business in China to attend the China International Import Expo (CIIE) trade fair. The comment by CICC Secretary General Marco Bettin came during a webinar on opportunities for Italian businesses in China held by the Banca Popolare di Sondrio, an Italian bank based in the northern Lombardy region. Around 70 Italian companies will be attending this year's edition of the CIIE, which runs on Nov. 5-10 and which has been held annually in Shanghai since 2018, Bettin said.
"The CIIE is the biggest trade fair in the world in terms of exhibition area, and it is extremely important for companies that want to penetrate the Chinese market, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to be there," Bettin said. Bettin added that the CIIE is "a fundamental platform for acquiring and developing (business) relationships" and "an incredible showcase from the point of view of the (brand) image".
He said that China's economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic "has currently reached incredible levels".
His opinion was echoed by Nina Ni, who is in charge of the Representative Office in Shanghai of Sintesi 2000, a company owned by Banca Popolare di Sondrio, which offers support to Italian companies wanting to do business in China. China's economic recovery in 2020 has been "stronger than expected", Ni said. She noted that China's further opening up in the financial sector has attracted new clients, with asset managers such as BlackRock and Vanguard officially entering the Chinese market in 2020. While China's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 6.8 percent in the first quarter of 2020, it posted a growth of 3.2 percent in the second quarter and 4.9 percent in the third quarter and all "main economic indicators showed constant improvement", Ni said.
As China is focusing on internal demand and technological innovation as drivers of its economy, Bettin said Italian companies "must insert China (into their business plans) as a priority at this time".
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