Belt, Road high on visit agenda

Ambassadors anticipate reinforced cooperation, boosted multilateralism on Xi's trip to Italy

President Xi Jinping left Beijing for Rome on Thursday, kicking off his first overseas trip of the year - one that is aimed at broadening areas of cooperation and injecting new impetus into Sino-European ties.

During his state visit to Italy, the first stop of a six-day tour that will take him to three nations, Xi and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will jointly witness the signing of intergovernmental cooperation documents in fields of diplomacy, economy and trade, and culture, as well as commercial agreements in infrastructure, machinery and finance.