1) Xi visit to Palermo, if confirmed, will be a major historic event for the relations between China and Sicily, two places that share very similar culture and, since I have lived 20 yrs in Palermo and 10 yrs in China, you can trust me on this
2) We are exploring various potential opportunities to cooperate on the areas of economy and culture and we hope the visit will give boost to such opportunities
3) Unlike what some people may think, Chinese economic model is more capitalist than beloved. Hence, Chinese investors are not used nor do they want to engage with labour disputes, strikes. So if any Chinese investment is to be made in Italy or Sicily specifically we need to ensure that our population, workers and trade union act in line with more of an Anglo-Saxon labour. That is if we want Chinese (or any other country’s) inbound investment
