Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with Italian Senate President Pietro Grasso in Beijing air max 90 womens for sale , capital of China,Dec. 11, 2015. (XinhuaXie Huanchi)
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang voiced his confidence in meeting annual economic targets on Friday as he met with Italian Senate President Pietro Grasso.


"The Chinese economy has performed steadily within a reasonable range," Li said during the meeting, adding that China is on track to attain around 7-percent growth for the whole year.


"I believe this will provide new opportunities for China to deepen and expand cooperation with Europe and all other parts of the world," he told the visiting Italian.


Grasso arrived in China on Sunday for a one-week visit.


As to the bilateral relationship, Li hailed the friendship between the two nations and recalled his official visit to Italy as well as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's visit to China last year.


Li said China stands ready to work with Italy to enhance political trust, deepen cooperation, increase coordination in international and regional affairs, and hold more inter-parliamentary exchanges.


Grasso stressed China's role in international affairs.


Expressing his confidence in China's economy, he said Italy is wiling to participate the process of China's development in an in-depth way.


During his stay in Beijing, Grasso held talks with Zhang and met with China's top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng, respectively at the Great Hall of the People on Monday.


On Wednesday, Grasso attended a reception to celebrate the 45th anniversary of China-Italy diplomatic relations.




RIO DE JANEIRO， Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of water polo men's bronze medal match at the Rio Olympic Games here on Saturday:


Montenegro 10， Italy 12




BEIJING， June 5 (Xinhua) -- Nestle and Alibaba announced plans Sunday to upgrade their partnership.


The world's largest food retailer will launch its biggest e-commerce campaign ever with its diverse products， spanning 30 brands from coffee to baby formula， being sold on Alibaba's expansive e-commerce platforms such as Tmall.


"Our partnership with Alibaba is all about the consumer. What is so exciting about China as a market is not only its size or population， but that Chinese consumers are a step ahead of consumers in other markets in the digital way they consume，" Wan Ling Martello， executive vice president with Nestle overseeing the Asian， Oceanian and African markets， told a press conference scheduled to mark the company's 150-year anniversary.


China is the right place to start Nestle's next 150-year growth story as Chinese consumers have a more developed understanding and are quicker to adopt new consumption technologies than their global peers and have great passion for innovation， she added.


China's consumption pattern and manner have evolved fast and consumption is becoming increasingly digital with more young consumers choosing to shop online， said Zhang Yong， Alibaba CEO.


The volume of online purchases surged by more than 12 times from January 2011 to April 2016 in China， while per capita consumption grew by 27 percent， according to a joint report released by Alibaba's financial services platform Ant Financial and a private economics research institute.


Nestle strengthened its global capabilities in e-commerce by signing a strategic cooperation partnership with Alibaba in late 2015 to increase its online sales and build its brands. In 2015， half of Nestle's sales in China were online.

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MALABO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Thursday that the hosts for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations will be announced on April 8 in Cairo, Egypt.


According to the continental football body's statement, Algeria, Egypt, Gabon and Ghana are competing to replace strife-riven Libya who will not go ahead with their hosting of the finals for security concerns.


The CAF also announced that the host nation will play games in the qualifiers, but its matches will be friendlies and won't have points on offer.


The qualifiers will begin in June, and the 52 competing countries and regions will go straight into 13 groups of four teams each. The top team in each group and the two best second-place teams will reach the final tournament.


The CAF also said that the Africa