While the Salotto Italia–Cina signs its agreement with the Municipality of Sanya, a group of Italian entrepreneurs is on the island to get to know it at first hand. Their companies range from food to wine, from artisan gelato to leather goods and jewellery, to business consulting: different enterprises, sharing an interest in a territory that is still little known in Italy, the Hainan Free Trade Port.
The programme alternates visits and meetings. The delegation learns about the city's development projects, meets local companies and takes part in "Hainan Meets Italy", a meeting dedicated to entrepreneurs with talks, exchanges and moments of traditional Chinese music. The central moment is the visit to the Lvwen Sanya HQ Port building, which will house the Salotto and the Leonardo da Vinci Museum: a space still to be fitted out, which for that very reason allows the companies to understand what it will become and what role they might play in it.
It is the first of a series of missions. Attracting Italian companies, making the island's opportunities known and creating occasions for meeting is the work through which the Salotto builds itself, even before it has premises. A year later, in April 2026, a new group of entrepreneurs will enter a Salotto that is by then open.
The birth of the Salotto Italia–Cina: the agreement with Sanya →
