Chinese, Italian media pledge to forge closer ties

Jiang Jianguo, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivers a speech at a dialogue in Rome, Italy, March 20, 2019. Representatives of leading Chinese and Italian media pledged on Wednesday here to renew and expand collaboration to facilitate mutual understanding between the peoples and to promote bilateral ties. On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Italy, some 200 government officials, media executives, reporters and experts of the two countries participated in a dialogue in the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)