【报道】中国将向联合国粮农组织捐赠5000万美元（有文稿）

更多信息请大家关注咱们今天（10.16）的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlus Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has announced a 50 million US dollar cash injection from China to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization over the next five years. Li Keqiang has made the pledge at the FAO headquarters in Rome on the eve of World Food Day today. The Chinese Premier says the new funding will be used to help developing countries. "Here I wish to announce that in order to further strengthen cooperation with the FAO, in particular South-South cooperation within the FAO framework, the Chinese government will donate 50 million US dollars to the FAO in the next five years for carrying out South-South cooperation in agriculture and we will also increase support to the World Food Programme and International Fund for Agricultural Development." The Chinese and Italian governments have also issued a joint declaration, vowing to strengthen cooperation in areas including security and law enforcement. The two sides have also agreed to simplify visa procedures and cooperate at the Milan World Expo next year. Li Keqiang is due to attend a meeting of Asian and European leaders in Milan today and tomorrow before returning to China. Italy is the last stop of his three-nation European tour, which has also taken him to Germany and Russia.