On September 4, 2019, the “Opening Ceremony of 2019 Freshmen of Istituto Italo-Cinese” was held in Wenhuan Building of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. LV Hongbing (Chief Executive Partner of Grandall) and LUO Zheng (Managing Partner and Director of Grandall Changsha Office) attended the ceremony and signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Istituto Italo-Cinese of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law on behalf of Grandall Law Firm.

Top-level representatives of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL), Istituto Italo-Cinese and other related colleges and departments, including Prof. YANG Canming (President of ZUEL (Chinese side)), Prof. YAO Li (Vice President of ZUEL), Prof. XU Diyu (Dean of Istituto Italo-Cinese), Prof. LI Jun (Executive Dean of Istituto Italo-Cinese), Prof. Huang Meiling (Excutive Director of Istituto Italo-Cinese), Prof. Oliviero Diliberto (Dean of Istituto Italo-Cinese (Italian side)), Prof. Cassone[GA1]  (Member of Italian Parliament, former Judge of the Supreme Court, Advisor of the Supreme Judicial Council), and Prof. Moscati [GA2] (Chief Professor of Sapienza University of Rome), as well as all the teachers and students of Istituto Italo-Cinese attended the ceremony.

Istituto Italo-Cinese was jointly established by Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and Sapienza University of Rome on April 26, 2019, marking the first Sino-Italian higher education cooperation organization established after the Italian government announced its support for the B&R Initiative.  The signing of this Strategic Cooperation Agreement represented a beginning of the long-term friendly cooperation between the two sides.  The parties will cooperate extensively and deeply in professional training, academic exchange, forum cooperation, student internship and campus recruitment, and strive for mutual benefits and development.