ChinaMED（中国与地中海区域项目）：

 

通过与ToChina Hub的合作，CMAS发起了“中国与地中海区域”（ChinaMed）研究计划，该计划由Enrico Fardella和Andrea Ghiselli协同负责。

ChinaMed的创建缘于中国与地中海地区日益增长的共生关系。20世纪90年代中国经济和商业的崛起，特别是在2001年加入世界贸易组织之后，对连接亚洲和欧洲市场的海运网络产生了巨大影响。地中海区域因此转变为货物和资本流动的战略中心，中国国家主席习近平在2013年底启动的欧亚关系战略计划“一带一路”（BRI）也进一步突显了这一事实。

ChinaMed项目旨在通过收集和阐述在相关网站上共享的定量和定性数据来分析这一动态。定量部分基于11组数据，这些数据从历时角度揭示了中国与地中海国家关系的不同特点，如中国在地中海国家的商业伙伴地位，这些国家对中国市场的依赖以及该地区对中国能源安全的重要性等。

我们的研究团队由9名具有特定语言和技术才能的人员组成，团队通过收集、选择和分析针对中国与地中海关系的各种媒体和学术资源，对其进行了扎实的定性研究。这一研究以英文发表于ChinaMed Bulletin（《中国—地中海公报》），这份公报每月一刊，上面汇集了中国和地中海地区不同评论员对中国—地中海关系重大事件的评论，同时，也包含了ChinaMed研究团队对特定问题的详尽分析。

ChinaMed希望为国内外学术及媒体辩论做出贡献。其研究人员在国际媒体以及该领域主要学术期刊上发表了大量文章，并在中国和意大利就这一主题举办了多次会议和讲座，从而不断推动着这一目标的实现。

Partnering up with the ToChina Hub, CMAS has developed the ChinaMed research agenda – coordinated by Enrico Fardella and Andrea Ghiselli.

ChinaMed was created to highlight the increasingly symbiotic relationship between China and the Mediterranean region. China’s economic and commercial rise during the 1990s, especially following its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, has had an enormous impact on the maritime networks that connect the Asian and the European markets. The Mediterranean region has consequently been transformed into a strategic hub for the flow of goods and capital. This fact is further highlighted by its position within the strategic plan of the Euro-Asiatic relationship – the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of 2013. 

The ChinaMed project aims to analyze this dynamic through the collection and elaboration of quantitative and qualitative data that has been shared on the dedicated website. The quantitative component is based on 11 sets of data that shed light on, in a diachronic way, different features of the ChinaMed relationship such as China’s ranking as a commercial partner between the Mediterranean countries, the dependence of these countries on the Chinese market, and the importance of the region to China’s energy security. 

Our research team, composed of nine researchers with specific linguistic and technical competences on the relationship between China and the Mediterranean region, conducts solid qualitative research aimed at the collection, selection, and analysis of various media and academic sources that focus on the ChinaMed relationship. This research is published in English through the ChinaMed Bulletin, a monthly report on the viewpoints of different Chinese and regional commentators about the most significant events that have occurred within the context of the ChinaMed relationship. It also includes clear and detailed analyses prepared by the ChinaMed team on specific topics. 

ChinaMed aspires to contribute to the academic and media debates at both the national and international level. This goal is continuously furthered by the numerous articles published by its researchers - in the international media as much as in the main academic journals in the field – and by several conferences and lectures organized both in China and Italy on the topic. 

www.chinamed.it