APDF will launch a new open platform APDF to establish in 2020 is much more open-ended community communication platform, covering design education directional training, online courses, such as the international well-known colleges and universities design workshops, seminars, study Tours, etc., at the same time, the APDF will in more countries and regions to establish branch or representative institutions, such as the united Arab emirates, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Spain, Britain, and the emerging design based on the future development in the field of professional clubs, such as sustainable fashion design branch, smart smart design branch, etc. Mr. M Shamwi (dubai) expressed great anticipation and excitement that APDF would set up a branch in dubai and expressed his active participation in future cooperation. APDF will support the clubs and will focus on the concept of sustainable design development. Then, the clubs will announce the launch according to the initiative issued by APDF. Perhaps before long you will see APDF start to change. In 2020, APDF will start a new chapter, which we hope will provide more opportunities for the chapter leadership team to meet and thrive by providing local designer members with rich and valuable content. If APDF members are interested in the above information or would like to establish a local professional chapter, please contact APDF community development iai-ap@iai-ap.org. Thanks to APDF members and professionals for their active participation and support of our new chapter!

On the morning of December 12, Oskar Ho,the founding president of APDF, and the former speaker of the Italian House ofRepresentatives, the chairman of the Italy-China Friendship Association, the chiefexecutive of Italian Only Italy Group, and the chairman of board of directioresof Italy-China Development Fund, Ms. Pivetti, director of China-ItalyDevelopment Creative Center, General Manager of Angli (Tianjin) Group Co., Ltd.and chief executive of China-Italy Creative Brand Management Co., Ltd. Mr.Zhang Ming, director of China-Italy Development Creative Center, Deputy GeneralManager of Angli (Tianjin) Group Co., Ltd. and General Manager of China-ItalyCreative Brand Management Co., Ltd. Ms. Bao Jie, jointly discussed the seminaron APDF project cooperation launching in Tianjin China-Italian Development andCreative Center, the two sides reached a high degree of consensus and endorsedthe signning of the contract again after signing the strategic cooperationagreement between the two parties in 2017, in this way, the two sides willquickly promote the developing of landing of actual project cooperation inTianjin, and developing close cooperation between China and Italy in variousfields related to design, including culture and arts, creative design,education, exhibitions, tourism, and sports.

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