General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Italy are located at the two ends of the ancient Silk Road. The long-standing friendly exchanges between the two countries have made important contributions to the exchange and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations and the development and progress of human society. The Silk Road spirit with peace, cooperation, openness, inclusiveness, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win as its core is the common wealth of China and Italy. At present, the world's century-old changes are accelerating. Countries will advance together if they are connected and united, and retreat if they are closed and divided. China and Italy should uphold and carry forward the Silk Road spirit, view and develop bilateral relations from a historical dimension, strategic height and long-term perspective, and promote the steady and long-term development of China-Italy relations.

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that the healthy and stable development of China-Italy relations is in the common interests of the two countries and their peoples. Despite the profound changes in the current international situation, China's willingness to attach importance to and develop China-Italy relations has not changed, the essence of China-Italy relations' win-win cooperation has not changed, and the friendly friendship between the two peoples has not changed. The two sides should continue the tradition of friendly exchanges, continue to understand and respect each other's chosen development path. China and Italy have complementary industrial advantages and opportunities for each other. The two sides should adhere to mutual openness and cooperation. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee has just concluded. China will continue to promote high-level opening up to the outside world, inject strong impetus into China's modernization, and bring new opportunities for expanding cooperation with Italy and other countries. China is willing to work with Italy to promote the optimization and upgrading of traditional cooperation in economic and trade investment, industrial manufacturing, scientific and technological innovation, and third-party markets, and explore cooperation in emerging fields such as electric vehicles and artificial intelligence. China welcomes Italian companies to invest in China and is willing to import more high-quality Italian products. It is hoped that Italy will also provide a fair, transparent, safe and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese companies to develop in Italy. Both sides should cherish the achievements of mutual learning between civilizations, promote the two-way promotion of cultural inheritance and innovation, and promote the closeness of the hearts of the two peoples. China supports Italy in hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics and hopes that Italy will provide visa convenience measures for Chinese citizens to travel to Italy.

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that in the era of economic globalization, only by adhering to open cooperation in the global industrial chain and supply chain can win-win development be achieved. China adheres to the path of peaceful development, never pursues hegemony, and is willing to share development opportunities with all countries. It is hoped that Italy will understand and support China's development concept and play a constructive role in promoting China-EU dialogue and cooperation and promoting the positive and stable development of China-EU relations.