Ready to cooperate on electric vehicles, AI - Xi to Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 29 - China is willing to cooperate with Italy "to promote the optimization and improvement of traditional cooperation in economic and commercial investments, in industrial production, in technological innovation and in third-party markets, as well as to explore cooperation in emerging areas like electric vehicles and artificial intelligence", Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a bilateral meeting with Giorgia Meloni on Monday, according to China Central Television (CCTV). Beijing "welcomes with favour Italian companies that invest in China and is willing to import more high-quality Italian products", per the report. (ANSA).