The economic globalization meets adversity, to face the pressure of the COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine conflict, Chinese market  still glad to share the business opportunity with international partners. In the afternoon of October 26th the ceremony for the "Corradino D'Ascanio for Innovation" Award took place at the House of Roosevelt in Shanghai.  Chinese company Guangdong Dongpeng Ceramics Co., Ltd and the Abruzzo company Valagro S.p.A. win the award.

This award from Italy came to Shanghai, China's frontier city of opening up to the outside world, and promoted the deep links between China and Italy in the fields of economy and trade, tourism, science and technology, agriculture, culture and other fields.

The Award, which takes its name from the Abruzzese engineer Corradino D'Ascanio, the famous inventor of the helicopter and the Vespa, was awarded in recognition of two companies - one based in Abruzzo and with interests in China, the other one based in China and with interests in Italy - which have made an exceptional contribution in the field of design innovation, in the industrial sector, in the areas of intelligent production, digital transformation.

The Abruzzo company Valagro S.p.A. keeps high level of innovation, made the important research and development activity conducted on an annual basis and above all for the leadership achieved in the field of biostimulants, establishing itself as a highly technological company in a complex market like the Chinese one. 

As well as to the Chinese company Guangdong Dongpeng Ceramics Co., Ltd, as the leader in the ceramics sector, in recognition of the commitment in the research and development of innovative solutions with low carbon dioxide emissions and environmentally friendly, also through synergies and interests in Italy and Abruzzo, where the town of Castelli, which boasts a centuries-old tradition in ceramics and is recognized as one of the most important ceramic centers in Italy, is located.

It is a project born from an initiative of the executive committee of the Abruzzesi Association in China - Fabrizio Ferri, Pierluigi Gorgoretti, Claudio Neroni, Carlo D'Andrea and Riccardo Verzella - with the support of the Abruzzo Region, the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai and the CRAM (Regional Council of Abruzzo in the World).

The award ceremony was followed by a Gala Dinner, enjoy the beauty of the Bund, during which the guests could have also a tasting of the typical products of the Abruzzo region, including the Montepulciano, Cerasuolo and Pecorino “Rieccolo” wines.