On Wednesday, June 9, Rectress Antonella Polimeni and the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Oliviero Diliberto, presented to the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, the first copy of the Italian translation of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, printed by the Pisan publisher Pacini Giuridica. This is the first translation of the Code ever made outside of China.

The translation from Chinese into Italian is by Huang Meiling, who trained for many years at Sapienza and is currently a full professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Zuel) in Wuhan. The Italian edition was edited by three professors of theUniversity: Oliviero Diliberto, Domenico Dursi and Antonio Masi. The Introduction is by the Dean of the Zuel, Xu Diyu.

Please click on the Italian version of this article for more details.