This year marks the 100th anniversary of the foundingof theCPC and the beginning ofthe14th Five-Year Plan.
During the period,Tianjin will embark on a new development effort toits grand new chapter of building a modern socialist metropolis andcreate a scheme of "twin towns"－namely the downtown and the coastal town area.
We released the series ofTianjin Insight,which presents a panoramic view of the port city’s evolution and achievements via lens of expats in the city.
This episode is aboutRenato Pegoraro, a restaurant owner from Milan, Italy who has been in China for20 years.
He has been amazed at the“earth-shaking changes” that have taken place in Tianjin in the past two decades, as the city has developed rapidly with the times.
Pegoraro said he loves Tianjin’s Italian Town, ascenic spotwith a history of 119 years and more than 100 Italian-style villas in the city, adding that itremindedhimof many Italian towns, especially those in the north of Venice.
Hestarted Venetian Restaurant, the first Italian restaurant in Tianjin, in the town in 2008.
During the epidemic outbreak last year, the local government helped him out by giving him a rent deferral, which he said was a“great help”.
Since the outbreak is under controlthis year and more people have been visiting, Pegoraro’s restaurant has been doing even better.