Between April 8 and 9, 2020, Silk Council interviewed some Italian parliamentarians, ambassadors, professors, journalists and experts about the potential social, economic and geopolitical impact of the Coronavirus pandemic at national, European and international level. Click below to discover the results of the analysis and the economic support measures for businesses and families adopted by the Chinese and Italian Government.

Media Interviews

Interview of Avv. Lifang Dong, President of Silk Council, on solidarity initiatives in the era of Coronavirus. Broadcasted on Press TV on March 21, 2020. Thanks to the journalist Max Civili for the precious support.

Avv. Lifang Dong interviewed by "Check Point" at Rainews on March 13, 2020. She talked about the measures to combat coronavirus adopted by China and Italy, the support provided from China to Italy and the Silk Council solidarity campaign "Love Italy" on health, social and economic repercussions of the coronavirus emergency in Italy.

#Coronavirus Media Awareness Campaign

Since January 2020, Silk Council has been very active in a media awareness and solidarity campaign called "Love China", aimed at fighting fake news and any discrimination related to the health, social and economic crisis caused by coronavirus. The rapid spread of covid-19 globally has made Italy become one of the countries most affected by the epidemic. Therefore in March 2020 we launched a new awareness campaign "Love Italy", addressing the entire international community to relaunch the image of Italy and China in the world. Silk Council is attentive to the diplomatic and economic repercussions of this epidemic on a global level, to bilateral relations between China and Europe, in particular between China and Italy, promoting initiatives and proposals for the resumption of bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation. Click below to descover the results of our campaigns.

Solidarity video by Silk Council, Beijing Italian Embassy, Shanghai Consulate and other associations

Silk Council promoted jointly with more than thirty Italian association in China and Chinese association in Italy the solidarity campaign to express our sincere friendship, love and solidarity to the victims and their family. It was a wonderful experience of bilateral cooperation between old and new friends and between the Italian Embassy in Beijing and the Italian General Consulate in Shanghai!

#Coronavirus Donation Campaign

Stella Jean's Vogue social awareness campaign

"Italian in becoming"

Avv. Lifang Dong, President of Silk Council, modeled in the new Stella Jean's social awareness campaign “Italians in becoming” as the first Italian lawyer of Chinese origin. In the social project of the Italian designer of Creole origin, Stella Jean, the new multicultural Italy is emphasized, through fashion. Stella Jean envisions that her fall 2020 look book, featuring italians who have been subjected to racial prejudice, will bring more awareness to multiculturalism and racism. This campaign is supported by vogue usa, the national anti-discrimination office of the Italian government. Silk Council also supports this campaign as it falls in line with our message of inclusiveness; as we promote multilateral and open cooperations between people, institutions and countries in hopes of fostering the creation of international synergies at a multidisciplinary level.

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