An Essay on the Active Role That Chinese Small and Micro Enterprises in Turin Play in the Construction of Multi-Ethnic Harmonious Society

Yu ZANG

Abstract


Recently, the population of immigration has been steadily growing in Italy, which has become a multi-ethnic society with various and complex social problems. Chinese in Italy, as the third largest ethnic minority, have made a positive contribution to the construction of a harmonious society with their small and micro enterprises. This article is based on empirical investigations by the author, using Turin as an example to introduce the phenomenon mentioned above from three aspects and to analyze its causes. It aims to demonstrate the contribution to the fusion process of multi-ethnics that Italian Chinese has actively made, in the process of their own adaptation to the environment, reflecting the good intentions of its positive integration in order to achieve a win-win situation, which is a process beneficial to all parties, during their positive interactions with the local
community.


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Italy; China; Small and micro enterprises; Social harmony; Multiethnic society

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