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The Emilia-Romagna Region actively collaborates to the development of relations between Italy and China through many initiatives in cooperation with the system of Enterprises, Institutions, economic and professional Associations, Universities and it has naturally chosen Shanghai as the main reference city of today and future China. Indeed, the Emilia-Romagna Region, in partnership with BolognaFairs, Rimini Fairs, Fairs of Parma and tourist operators, has based just in Shanghai the Xintiandi Center that offers an important operational point of reference to enterprises from Emilia-Romagna that are interested in China; moreover, in partnership with the University of Bologna, the Emilia-Romagna Region has promoted The College of China Association, founded in 2005 to support the attendance of Chinese students at the University of Bologna and at other universities located in Emilia-Romagna, as well as important cooperative agreements with Tongji University of Shanghai by putting into operation the “Permanent Forum for the industrial collaboration between Italy and China”. In terms of fairs the activity is also intense. Indeed, important exhibitions of Emilia-Romagna excellencies are organized by the Fair Bodies of Emilia-Romagna in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton.

In 2005 in China out of about 500 Italian companies 183 were from Emilia-Romagna, more than half of which located in the Shanghai area. However, the “presences” on the market are more numerous because in some cases the “head offices” of the Emilia-Romagna companies have more than one representative office and several trading and productive locations in China.

Our enterprises invest on the automotive, mechanics, chemical and textile sectors with a growth on the service industry due to the increasing settlement of banking, logistic and consulting companies.