Italian President looks to China for greater contributions to global stability

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Italian President looks to China for greater contributions to global stability

2025-10-10 00:15 Last Updated At：14:57

Italian President Sergio Mattarella hailed the positive outcomes of Wednesday's 12th Joint Meeting of the China-Italy Government Committee and highlighted Italy's expectations for China to play an even greater role in promoting global peace and stability.

During his meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Rome on Thursday, Mattarella said China and Italy uphold and advocate the values and ideas of peace and cooperation, and are committed to resolving differences through dialogue.

China enjoys great prestige in the international community and plays an increasingly crucial role, Mattarella added.

He said that Italy expects China to make even greater contributions to global peace and stability.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China stands ready to work with Italy to act on the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, accelerate the implementation of the action plan to strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Italy, and ensure that bilateral relations become more stable, resilient, and fruitful.

China hopes that Italy will work with China to promote true multilateralism and make new contributions to world peace and the progress of human civilization, Wang said.

Wang attended the 12th Joint Meeting of the China-Italy Government Committee on Wednesday together with Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani.

"Soft landing" of China-EU EV case to significantly boost market confidence: MOC spokeswoman

The "soft landing" of the China-EU electric vehicle case will greatly boost market confidence and inject new momentum into China-EU cooperation in automobile trade and investment, a spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.

He Yongqian, the spokeswoman, made the remarks after China and the European Union (EU) agreed on the necessity of providing general guidance on price undertakings for Chinese companies exporting battery electric vehicle (BEV) passenger cars to the EU.

"China and the EU simultaneously announced on Monday that they had achieved positive outcomes following multiple rounds of consultations on the EV case, a development that has drawn wide attention at home and abroad. Industry players from both sides have 'highly welcomed and fully endorsed' the outcome, saying the 'soft landing' of the case is expected to greatly boost market confidence and inject new momentum into China-EU cooperation in automobile trade and investment. Some EU politicians have described it as a positive step toward building a sustainable China-EU trade relationship, and said it demonstrated that resolving trade differences through partnership remains feasible," she said.

"Against the current international backdrop, China and the EU, acting in a spirit of mutual respect and within the framework of WTO rules, have properly addressed the EV case, which is of significant positive importance. The outcome will not only contribute to the sound development of China-EU economic and trade ties and help safeguard the stability of the global automotive industrial and supply chains, but will also send a clear and strong signal that both sides are willing to uphold a rules-based international trading order, setting a good example for countries to resolve differences through dialogue and consultation and injecting greater certainty and positive energy into global economic growth," she said.

"China appreciates the spirit of dialogue showed by the EU side and stands ready to work with the EU, building on the current positive outcomes, to further implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two sides, maintain dialogue and communication, and support stable industrial and supply chains on both sides, continue to deepen cooperation on the basis of market principles, and make active contributions to the global green transition," she added.