Closer Sino-Italian ties enjoy broad prospects for further bilateral co-op

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ROME, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Since China and Italy established diplomatic ties, their friendly cooperative relations have been developing smoothly in various fields.

The recent years have witnessed increasing exchanges of high-level visits and enhanced political mutual trust between the two countries. Their bilateral ties are making big headway and their further cooperation has broad prospects.

Between May 18 and May 24, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo will pay an official goodwill visit to Italy.

Last October, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao held separate meetings with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi who was in Beijing for the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit.

Hu said the development of China-Italy ties had gathered strong momentum, as the two countries maintained sound political mutual trust and close coordination in major international issues.

Hailing China's advocacy on building a harmonious world, Berlusconi said Italy valued China's role in international affairs and would work with China to deal with the current financial crisis.

Along with the increasingly close bilateral ties in recent years, bilateral cooperation in economy and trade has also yielded fruitful results.