China Pavilion for Milan Expo opened, Chinese President Xi Jinping Delivers Welcome Address
On May 1, the first day of the 2015 Milan World Expo, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a welcoming address on live television to mark the opening of the chinese pavilion.
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President Xi Jinping delivers a welcoming address
In the welcoming address, Xi Jinping extended his warm welcome to the visitors to the China Pavilion. He said that the Milan World Expo is focused on agriculture and food, a theme concerning the subsistence and development of every individual, and is therefore highly significant. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have held the belief that "Food is the paramount necessity of the people". As China is the largest developing country in the world, it is the primary mission in China's development to solve the problem of how to feed the more than 1.3 billion people in the country. For long, the Chinese people have relied on their own efforts in successfully solving this problem, laying a great foundation for the country's development.
Xi Jinping pointed out that in the China Pavilion, visitors can learn about China's long-standing agricultural civilization, advanced scientific and technological achievements and rich catering culture, which are all important parts that constitute the Chinese civilization. China attaches great importance to the issues of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and deems them as a top priority in the entire work of the state. As China is now vigorously promoting the modernization of agriculture, it would like to exchange technology and experience with all countries in agriculture, maintain the food security of the world together, and jointly promote progress of human civilization.
Xi Jinping at last wished the Milan World Expo a success.
Opening ceremony of China pavilion
Chairman of CCPIT Mr. Jiang Zengwei, China’s ambassador to Italy Mr. Li Ruiyu, China’s Consul General in Milan Mr. Wang Dong, Secretory General of BIE Mr. Loscertales and Italy’s vice-minister for economic development Mr. Calenda, and Tsinghua University Vice President Xie Weihe attended the opening ceremony.
Vice President Xie Weihe interviewed by CCTV
Themed "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life", Expo Milano 2015 is underway in Milan, Italy from May 1 to October 31, 2015, where 148 countries and international organizations are showing the best of their technology on food and agriculture.
It is the first time that China opens a self-built pavilion in a Universal Exhibition hosted abroad.
