The personality and work of Martino Martini / Franco Demarchi -- Outstanding contribution of the Sinologist Martini to cultural exchanges between China and the West / Xu Mingde 徐明德 -- Life of Martino Martini / Gao Yongyuan 高泳源 -- Trento prince-bishopric in the seventeenth century / Guido Lorenzi -- Lisbon, the port for the East Indies / Victor Campero -- Transoceanic navigation in the seventeenth century: the Portuguese route to the Indies / Aldo Caterino -- Relations and exchanges between China and the West in the seventeenth century / Zhang Lanxing 張蘭馨 -- Chinese culture in the seventeenth century / Piero Corradini -- Chinese bureaucracy and the change of dynasty in the 17th century / Arnold Zingerle -- Central authority and local powers in Imperial China / Ricardo Scartezzini -- The acceptance of Christianity in China during the 17th century / Mark K. Chang 張奉箴 -- An assessment of the role of the Jesuits in Chinese history / Du Wenping 杜文平 -- The female condition in China / Raffaella Mantovanelli -- Friendship as a social bond: interactions between Chinese and European culture / Bruno Sanguanini -- De Amicitia and other Chinese works / Giuliano Bertuccioli 白佐郎 -- How friendship is made in the West and China / Hao Guiyuan 郝貴遠 -- Sinicae Historiae Decas Prima: some suggested interpretations / Giuseppe Brancaccio -- Theology and chronology in Sinicae Historiae Decas Prima / Claudia von Collani -- De Bello Tartarico Historia by Martino Martini / Shi Shengsan 史盛三 -- A re-examination of Martini's journeys and contacts in China / Xu Minglong 許明龍 -- Sociography in Martini's works / Orlando Lentini -- Chinese urban structure according to the Atlas / Maria Rosa Arnoldi -- The levying of tribute in the Chinese empire according to the Novus Atlas Sinensis / Vittorio Tonazzo -- Introduction of western artillery by the Jesuit missionaries and the consequent changes in warfare between the Ming and the Qing / Ma Chujian 馬楚堅 -- Martini's mediation between China and Europe / Shen Dingping 沈定平 -- Martini in Confucian China / Liu Jiantang 劉鑒唐 -- Martini's approach to the religions of China: notes on the geography of religions / Gabriele Pollini -- The Holy Office's decree of 1656: the question of the Chinese Rites and the role of Martini / Severino Vareschi -- Research on Martino Martini in 20th century China / Gu Weimin 顧衛民.