On October 6, 2026, Zhang Chenggang, Consul General of China in Milan, attended the China (Sichuan)–Italy (Milan) Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Conference and delivered remarks.
Consul General Zhang noted that the Chinese and Italian economies are highly complementary, with a deep foundation of economic and trade cooperation. In the first eight months of this year, bilateral trade reached USD 57.8 billion, up 17.6% year on year. Sichuan and Italy enjoy broad scope for cooperation in biomedicine, advanced manufacturing, and trade logistics. He expressed hope that both sides would make good use of professional exhibition platforms, deepen industrial matchmaking, expand two-way trade and investment, and bring cooperative projects to fruition.
Before the conference, Consul General Zhang exchanged views with Yang Xiao, Director-General of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce; Marco, Director of Investment Promotion at the Lombardy Region's internationalization agency; and Chiara, representative of the Italian Trade Agency's Milan office.
Source: 中华人民共和国外交部 · 2026-10-06