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Chinese investments help Italian companies go international: experts

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-11-19 11:06

BERGAMO - Chinese investments in Italy have recently increased in a variety of sectors and can be a driver for the internationalization of Italian companies, experts from the two countries said at a conference held here in Bergamo, a city of northern Italy, on Wednesday.

Until a few years ago, Italy was only marginally touched by Chinese investments, noted Francesca Spigarelli, rector's delegate for entrepreneurship and technological transfer at the University of Macerata. The interest grew with the going-out strategy pursued by Chinese companies in recent years, she went on saying, until 2014 became the "golden year of Chinese investments in Italy."

According to figures presented at the conference, Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Italy amounted to $887 million in 2014, quadrupled compared to 2011, and portfolio investments to $3.7 billion.

Among the largest investments, Shanghai Electric purchased a 40-percent stake in power engineering company Ansaldo Energia, China's State Grid Corp invested more than 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in energy-grid holding company CDP Reti, and Shenzhen Marisfrolg bought Krizia, one of Italy's oldest ready-to-wear fashion brands.

"What is particularly worth noticing is that in all the operations that have come to the public eye the Chinese stake is just over 2 percent, the threshold to make public a company's presence as a shareholder in Italy," Spigarelli told Xinhua in an interview on the sidelines of the conference.

In her view, this implies that the Chinese investors decided not to keep as low of a profile but openly supported Italy in times of economic difficulties and before the world's eyes. "I read it as a very positive message, a sign of collaboration and friendship with Italy," she pointed out.

Spigarelli also said that Chinese investments are a "big opportunity for Italy to revitalize crisis-hit companies or even entire sectors." It is because Chinese investors, she noted, aim at both setting themselves up in Italy but also exporting Italian products, services and knowledge to China.

"When an Italian small- or medium-size company (SME) is taken over, a new market opens that would otherwise be impossible to explore. I call this process 'passive internationalization' which means that Chinese acquisitions allow Italian SMEs to go international," she explained to Xinhua.

"China wants to invest in Italy and Italy wants China's investments," confirmed Li Shaofeng, head of the economic and commercial section of the Consulate General of China in Milan, in his address to the conference. Li said that China over the past two years has increased its investments in the world, becoming a central driver of capitals and markets for Italy.

He highlighted, however, that many difficulties hamper the flow of investments. Heavy bureaucracy and lack of human resources are the biggest obstacles for many Chinese companies willing to invest in Italy, Li said, calling for more dialogue and collaboration to overcome these walls.

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