ROME -- Chinese and Italian companies signed deals worth 8 billion euros ($10 billion) hereTuesday, a
highlight of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Italy.
The deals were signed by business leaders from the Chinese.Italian committee ofentrepreneurs, which
was founded four months ago.Appearing together with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi at an event
attended by thecommittee members and other entrepreneurs from the two countries, Li said the deals,
mainlycovering two-way investment and technological and financial cooperation, have transcendedthe
traditional buy-and-sell model to demonstrate the high-level coordination of the twocountries.
Li said the business sectors of the two nations are the main force to promote the bilateralcooperation.
As the two nations have entered the age of innovative development, he said, it is hoped thatentrepreneurs
from both countries could seize the opportunity, complement each other andexpand cooperation, so as to
forge a comprehensive partnership.