At the start of her China visit, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to „relaunch“ cooperation with China. To this end, she signed an action plan in Beijing, according to reports from the Italian news agency Ansa. Italy’s Head of Government said that her five-day trip was a „demonstration of the will to begin a new phase, to relaunch our bilateral cooperation.“ The action plan aims to experiment with new forms of cooperation, she added. Meloni, who sees Chinese investment as a way to boost Italy’s slow economic growth, will also meet Xi Jinping during her visit.