On December 3,, 2025, Pan Feng, Vice Chairman of CEATEC and President of ECECDC, held a working meeting in Rome with Zhang Lubiao, Permanent Representative of China to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation on the FAO multilateral platform by jointly promoting the Agricultural Cooperation and Development Forum, a high-level side event on geographical indications at the FAO Conference, the China–Europe Geographical Indications Agreement Forum, and promotional activities for Chinese agricultural geographical indication products in Italy, thereby innovatively advancing in-depth and substantive cooperation between China and Europe in the fields of agricultural trade, intellectual property, and brand protection.