PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE
PRESS CONFERENCE PRESENTING
THE ITALY-CHINA JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE AND BUSINESS AND DIALOGUE FORUM
On Thursday 4 April 2024, at 5:30 p.m., Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani will hold at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina), in the Aldo Moro Room, a press conference presenting the Italy-China Joint Economic Committee (Commissione Economica Mista, CEM), the bilateral Business and Dialogue Forum (Verona, 11-12 April) and an event celebrating the figure of Marco Polo and the relations between Italy and China, scheduled to take place on 11 April at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, will attend the events.
The Italy-China Joint Economic Committee (CEM) is the main instrument for economic and trade cooperation with China and is one of the dialogue mechanisms of the Global Strategic Partnership established in 2004. Since 2019, the CEM is coordinated and organised on the Italian side by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina) and is held at ministerial level.
The Italy-China Business and Dialogue Forum aims to provide a forum for dialogue and the promotion of economic cooperation in priority sectors, which are also on the CEM’s agenda (agritech, e-commerce, investment, pharmaceutical and biomedical). In addition to Minister Tajani and Minister Wentao, representatives of the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), of Confindustria and of their Chinese counterparts – which are members of the Business Forum’s Technical Secretariat – will take the floor, as will members of the internationalisation hub (SACE, SIMEST, CDP) and of selected Italian and Chinese companies.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in attending the event may apply for accreditation by sending a request by Thursday 4 April at 10:00 a.m. to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel06 3691 3432 – 8573 – 3078 or 8210), attaching the following:
For representatives of Italian press organisations:
- copy of an identity document
- letter of assignment from the newspaper of affiliation or – in the absence of the latter – copy of professional identity card.
For representatives of foreign press organisations, not accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter from the newspaper of affiliation;
- Verbal note of the Embassy in Rome of the country of the press organisation represented.
For representatives of foreign press already accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the request must be sent with a copy of an identity document attached.
Accredited journalists, photographers and cameramen may enter the Farnesina from the main entrance, left side, from 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on 4 April 2024.
Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.
