Four months after the signing in Beijing, an institutional and business delegation from Hainan Province arrives in Genoa. The President of the Liguria Region, Marco Bucci, receives it at the Region's headquarters together with the Chief of Staff, Admiral Massimiliano Nannini. Representatives of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Florence, of Spediporto and of the Salotto Italia–Cina, an Italian cultural salon in Sanya, are present.
The meeting focuses on ports, logistics, trade and new technologies, from undersea data infrastructure to gigafactories, within the framework of the letter of intent signed in June. It closes with an exchange of gifts: a painting of lotus flowers from the Hainan delegation, a book on Liguria from the Region. The delegation then moves on to Spediporto, which, on the eve of its eightieth anniversary, presents it with a "With Friendship" plaque. The programme then takes in the port, the shipyards and the Chamber of Commerce.
The Salotto Italia–Cina accompanies the delegation throughout its visit to Italy, from the Hainan Roadshow at the Bank of China in Milan the day before to the meetings in Genoa. This is the step from signature to implementation: the relationships begun in Beijing become working meetings on the ground.
Before, in Milan, October 2026: Salotto Italia–Cina at the Hainan Roadshow →
