Pasquale Gagliardi was invited to Beijing by Tsinghua University from October 23 to 25, 2013.

On October 23-25 the City Branding Symposium - China 2013 was held at Tsinghua University, Beijing.
 
The Symposium was focused on the topic: "Positioning Cities: Innovative and Sustainable Strategies for City Development and Transformation".
 
Pasquale Gagliardi presented a paper on the topic: Re-claiming the intellectual leading role of Venice: the case of the Cini Foundation.