Italian artist Cristiano Alviti attends the Chinese and Italian artists cultural exchange conference in Rome, Italy, Oct. 24, 2009.

Another nine-day exhibition of the same theme started on Oct. 23 with 60 paintings in Rome, a city with profound cultural heritages and artistic achievements.

These exhibitions followed a two-day forum on the development of Tibet in the Italian capital, which attracted more than 400 participants from China, Italy, Austria, the United States, India, Australia, Spain and Belgium.

More than 20 Chinese and foreign government officials, experts, scholars and entrepreneurs spoke on the achievements of Tibet and how to seize opportunities for cooperation in various fields.

Editor: Feng Hui