Italy signs a contract with Alibaba to help local SMEs deploy new digital foreign trade

People's Daily Online, Rome, November 27 (Reporter Ye Qi) On November 24, at the virtual meeting and signing of Italian Foreign Minister Di Maio, Alibaba Group and the Foreign Trade Commission (ITA) under the Ministry of Economic Development of Italy signed online A memorandum of cooperation was established to help Italian small and medium-sized manufacturing companies open stores and sell global products on the international station of Alibaba’s international wholesale platform.

Affected by the epidemic, ITA cancelled its previous budget project to support exhibition expenses and instead helped small and medium-sized enterprises find online solutions. To this end, Alibaba Group and ITA reached a cooperation intention to open an exclusive "Made in Italy" page on Alibaba International Station.

According to Zheng Penghui, head of Europe at Alibaba International Station, this cooperation is a special project supported by the Italian Foreign Trade Commission, just like the Italian version of the "Spring Thunder Plan". This signing is the first time that Italy has signed a cooperation with a company through a video conference, and more than 1,000 Italian companies have witnessed it at the same time.

As part of the cooperation project, Alibaba International Station will combine the hot-selling industries on the platform and the local characteristics of Made in Italy to screen out 300 companies with a certain amount of e-commerce experience. The Italian Foreign Trade Commission will provide subsidies and get free entry opportunities.

At the same time, Alibaba International Station will also provide exclusive services such as online, product distribution, site building, and provide quarterly business operation reports to provide training guidance for business operations

Di Maio then wrote in a letter to the editor-in-chief of the local mainstream financial media "24 Hour Sun": We are living in a complicated moment, and the worst price we pay is uncertainty. He believes that the world will not return to the “before it was”, so strengthening the internationalization and digitalization capabilities of Italian companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, is of vital importance to the Italian government.

Italy is the first country in the "G7" to sign the "Belt and Road" cooperation document. Prior to the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in Wuhan, Italy provided supplies to China at critical times and expressed support for the Wuhan people who are experiencing the epidemic. After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Italy, China was also the first country to provide medical supplies and dispatch medical experts to Italy.

As the world's largest cross-border e-commerce B2B platform, Alibaba International Station has been able to close the distance between buyers and sellers through the launch of online exhibitions, short videos, 3D exhibitions, smart hair products and other products since the epidemic, helping merchants to obtain orders , And by guaranteeing the ship, cabin and market price, we can ensure that the merchants can deliver products stably.

In addition, Alibaba International Station has invested 2 billion in succession to help traditional enterprises and young entrepreneurs to successfully enter the new digital foreign trade track through full growth escort services. Set up a "10 billion ecological investment fund" to accelerate the improvement of the digital new foreign trade track, and help all small and medium-sized enterprises to open source and increase efficiency, and to move the world.

人民网罗马11月27日电（记者叶琦）11月24日，在意大利外交部长迪马约的虚拟见签下，阿里巴巴集团和意大利经济发展部下属的对外贸易委员会（ITA）在线上签署了合作备忘录，以帮助意大利中小制造企业在阿里巴巴国际批发平台国际站上开店卖全球商品。

受疫情影响，ITA取消了此前支持展会费用的预算项目，转而帮助中小企业寻找线上解决方案。为此，阿里巴巴集团与ITA达成合作意向，在阿里巴巴国际站上开设“意大利制”专属页面。

据阿里巴巴国际站欧洲负责人郑鹏辉介绍，此次合作是由意大利外贸委员会支持的专项项目，如同意大利版的“春雷计划”。此次签约是意大利首次通过视频会议的方式与企业签订合作，有超过1000家意大利企业同时见证。

作为合作项目的一部分，阿里巴巴国际站将结合平台热销行业以及意大利制造的本地特色，筛选出300家有一定电商经验的企业，由意大利外贸委员会提供补贴，获得免费入驻的机会。

同时，阿里巴巴国际站还将提供上线、发品、建站等专属服务，并提供季度商家运营报告为商家运营做培训指导

迪马约随后在写给当地主流财经媒体《24小时太阳报》主编的一封信中表示：我们生活在一个复杂的时刻，我们所支付的最糟的代价是不确定性。他认为世界不会再回到“以前的样子”，因此加强意大利企业，特别是中小企业的国际化和数字化能力，对意大利政府来说至关重要。

意大利是“七国集团”中首个签署“一带一路”合作文件的国家。此前，新冠肺炎疫情在武汉暴发初期，意大利在关键时候向中国提供物资，对正在经历疫情的武汉民众表示支援。而在意大利暴发新型冠状肺炎疫情后，中国也是第一个向意大利提供医疗物资并派遣医疗专家的国家。

作为全球最大的跨境电商B2B平台，阿里巴巴国际站自疫情以来，通过上线线上展会、短视频、3D看展、智能发品等产品拉近买卖家之间的距离，助力商家获取订单，并通过保船、保舱、保市场价的方式，保证商家可以稳定交付产品。

除此之外，阿里巴巴国际站先后投入20亿，通过全程成长护航服务，帮助传统企业和年轻创业者顺利步入数字化新外贸赛道。设立“百亿生态投资基金”，加快完善数字化新外贸赛道，帮助所有中小企业开源、提效，货通全球。