Archives February 2025

On the morning of February 18th (local time), Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) grandly opens at the UN Headquarters in Rome. The event brought together 150 global participants for cross-sector discussions focused on core topics related to geographical indications (GIs). Qu Dongyu, Director-General of FAO; Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry of the Italian Republic delivered speeches at the opening ceremony; Pan Feng, President of Europe-China Economic Cooperation and Development Council (ECECDC), delivered keynote speech.

At noon on February 18th (local time), Pan Feng, President of Europe-China Economic Cooperation and Development Council (ECECDC), held a working discussion with Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The two sides engaged in in-depth exchanges on key topics, including strengthening cooperation with FAO, promoting China-EU geographical indication(GI) product activities, and addressing food security and safeguards.

On the morning of February 17 (local time), the first annual working meeting of the Europe-China Economic Cooperation and Development Council for 2025 was convened in Madrid. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Chairman of the Council and former Prime Minister of Spain, held discussions with Pan Feng, President of the Council. The two sides engaged in in-depth exchanges on key topics, including advancing economic and trade exchanges between China and Spain, investments by Chinese new energy enterprises in Spain,the China-EU Former Senior Officials Dialogue, the China-EU High-Level Entrepreneurs Dialogue, the hosting of the 4th China-EU Geographical Indications Products Expo, and Spain’s participation in the National Pavilion of the 8th China International Import Expo. Miguel Sebastian Gascon, former Spanish Minister of Industry, Rafael Galan, Secretary-General of the EU-China Economic Cooperation and Development Council, and over ten other representatives accompanied.