The 1st Week of Italian Mechanical Engineering (WIMEC) Roadshow in Chongqing, Nov 9th

Dear Members and Friends of the CICC,

The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) would like to invite you to the event " the 1st Week of Italian Mechanical Engineering (WIMEC) Roadshow in Chongqing " on November 9th, 2020.

In order to promote the knowledge and the awareness of the importance of Italian mechanical engineering to different cities in China, the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) align with CICC Manufacturing Engineering Working Group (MEWG), and with the support from the Embassy of Italy in China, the Consulate General of Italy in Chongqing, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Administrative Committee, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Invitation Investment Group and Bank of China (Chongqing Branch), the event of " the 1st Week of Italian Mechanical Engineering (WIMEC) Roadshow in Chongqing " will be organized.

Why organize a Week of Italian Mechanical Engineering in China?

• Italy is the second largest manufacturing country in Europe, 100 billion euro's Worth and ranking seventh in the world. The production system of Italy consists of 4.6 million companies；
• The export of the entire sector is in fact equal to over 49% of the Italian export, both worldwide and to China, (11.8% of the fashion industry and 9% of the food industry), which are the sectors usually identified as the excellence of Made in Italy；
• China ranks eighth among the target markets for Italian exports in this sector, but in some categories such as machine tools, China is the third largest export market after the United States and Germany；
• Italy therefore stands as the supplier of technologies and machinery of the main industrial powers in the world；
• Italy's mechanical industry is closely linked to China. 50% of Italy's total exports to China is made of mechanical and engineering technology, compared to 3.7% of the agri-food industry and 18% of the fashion industry. In the mechanical engineering sector, the main category is machinery, which represents 56% of total Italian exports of around 4 billion euros.

Event Agenda

• 10:30 - 11:30 Factory Tour in SOFIMA AUTOMOTIVE FILTER (CHONGQING) Co., LTD (Reservation required）
• 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break, Italian Buffet (Reservation required）
• 13:30 - 14:00 Registration
• 14:00 - 14:30 Opening Remarks 
• 14:30 - 14:45 CICC Manufacturing Engineering Working Group Introduction Working Group Introduction
• 14:45 - 15:00 Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Investment Promotion 
• 15:00 – 15:20 Coffee Break 
• 15:20 - 15:30 Quarterly Business Sentiment Survey of CICC Members Analysis, Q3 2020 
• 15:30 – 17:00 Sino-Italian Sustainable Industry and Innovation Round Table 

We will provide coach pick-up for factory tour, limitation 30 guests 

Pick-up time: 10:00 AM 

Pick-up address: Chongqing Liangjiang International Cooperation Center，No 6 Huang Shan Avenue Liangjiang New Zone, Yubei, Chongqing 

Date: 9th November 2020

Time: 10:30AM-17:00PM

Price:

CICC Members：For Free
NON Members: 200 RMB  

For the registration please scan the following QR Code

Factory Tour Venue: SOFIMA AUTOMOTIVE FILTER (CHONGQING) Co., LTD ( 2nd Branch of Kangtai Road, Yuzui Town, Jiangbei Direct, Chongqing)，

Round Table Venue: Floor 24th, Chongqing Liangjiang International Cooperation Center，No 6 Huang Shan Avenue Liangjiang New Zone, Yubei, Chongqin

More information will follow soon! For any inquiries please contact  infochongqing@cameraitacina.com.

Kind Regards,

CICC Team