CIDCA vice-chairman meets with FAO director-general

Zhao Fengtao, vice-chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), met with Qu Dongyu, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on Feb 16, 2023, during his visit to Italy.

The two sides held in-depth exchanges on topics such as deepening pragmatic cooperation, jointly promoting agricultural development and poverty reduction in developing countries, and implementing the Global Development Initiative (GDI) and the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Laurent Thomas, deputy director-general of FAO, Xu Wei, director-general of the CIDCA's Department of International Cooperation, and Li Bo, deputy permanent representative of China to FAO, also attended the meeting.