Far East 2014
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation of the City of Nagoya to discuss the programme of Expo Milan and the involvement in ExpoTo 2015 with the event Nagoya Day, to be held in Torino in August 2015, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the twinning between the two Cities. The delegation was also met by representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of the city.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Labour, Commerce, Productive Activities of the City of Torino Domenico Mangone met a delegation of the chamber of Commerce of Nagoya, led by the Vice President Hiroyaso Naito, and he then took part the day after in the conference Discover Aichi-Nagoya: Economic Outlook and Business Opportunities, organised by I-BAC (Aichi-Nagoya International Business Access Center) at the Congress Centre Torino Incontra.
The Mayor of the City of torino Piero Fassino met the Mayor of Namyangju Lee Seok Woo, visiting Torino on the occasion of the Salone del Gusto.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met the President of Myanmar Thein Sein, visiting Torino with a governmental delegation which included, among the others, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Wunna Maung Lwin and the Minister of Information Ye Htut, in order to meet Piedmontese investors and entrepreneurs. On that occasion the association Italy Myanmar, the MAO Oriental Art Museum and the United Nation Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) organised an exhibition of laque objects realised in Bagan.
The City of Torino hosted some journalists of the Japanese magazine Excellent Italy-Bella Italia, published in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Japan. The Expo 2015 theme Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life represents the opportunity for the journalists to write in detail about Italian and Piedmontese food in particular, showing once more to the Japanese public our great food and wine as well as cultural heritage.
The Mayor of the City of torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of Shenyang, led by the Vice Mayor Huang Kai, in torino to evaluate a possible future cooperation, given the imminent anniversary of the twinning.
The International Affairs, European Project, Cooperation and Peace Service of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of Shenyang interested in discussing about intellectual property protection and industrial design.
The Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Elide Tisi met a delegation of the City of Hefei, led by the Vice Mayor Huang Wentao, visiting Torino to improve the economic relations with local productive and commercial realities.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of South Korea in Italy Bae Jae-Hyun.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met the Ambassador of the Popular Republic of China in Italy Li Ruiyu.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met a delegation of the Academy of Social Sciences of Shangai, led by the President of the Board of the Academy Pan Shiwei, in Torino for a focus on Smart City issues.
Within the framework of the long since activated cultural exchanges between Torino and Myanmar, three young Burmese journalists were hosted in Torino for a stage which included visits to the branches of Torino and Roma of the daily newspaper La Stampa and to the editors' office of the City of Torino.At the end of their stage, on March 14th, the students were welcomed at the City Hal by the Maayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino.
The International Affairs and European Projects Service of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of responsibles for the organisation of the XXIII Winter Olympics of PyeongChang, in the Gangwon province, interested in visiting the olympic venues of Torino.