2013
Thursday
January
10

Italy - China delegation visit Cittaslow International HQ

China National Network

Next days a delegation of 6 people from Suzhou will visit Cittaslow International HQ in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. It will be an occasion to discover the old centre of Orvieto, the Cathedral and a special local winery. The delegates will be welcome in the name of the PresidentGian Luca Marconi by the General Secretary, Pier Giorgio Oliveti.The Chief's name is Mr. Miao Wenxue, vice president of SND of thecity of Suzhou close to Shanghai: << Our community - has declared Mr. Wenxue - is very interested to understand the reasons of the quality projects of Cittaslow and to open new economical and cultural contacts worldwide using the extraordinary network of Cittaslow >>. In the last two years the interest about Cittaslow concepts is groving very much in China, and it creates a new concrete perspective month per month for the "new ecological" approach to local economy, energy and waste policies, housing, social policies. In the Autumn 2014 the Cittaslow of Yaxi/Gaochun, close to Nanjing , - the first one Cittaslow in China - will host the Cittaslow International Coordinating Committee.