Compared to year 2020 throughout which Italy has been passively struggling in the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic and social crisis caused by it，2021 is the year when the country actively seeks “opportunities” in the “crisis” and achieves remarkable results. In 2021，the “technical-grand coalition government” led by Mario Draghi，the former president of the European Central Bank，came into power，which not only relieved the international concerns about the country’s early elections，but also objectively provides an important “window period” for Italian domestic political parties to solve their internal problems. In 2021，Draghi government focused on promoting productive investment and structural reforms while preventing and controlling the pandemic，aiming to solve a series of deep-seated problems in the national system. Although achieving full recovery from the epidemic is still difficult，Italy is moving in the direction of promoting comprehensive and sustainable economic and social development：the COVID-19 vaccination has been rapidly advancing，the epidemic prevention measures have achieved relatively outstanding results，the National Recovery and Resilience Plan has been launched as scheduled，the economy has achieved relatively strong recovery，and the overall social situation tends to improve. In terms of diplomacy，Draghi government has fully returned to the mainstream of Europe，making efforts on consolidating Italy’s relations with France and Germany，and at the same time taking advantage of the G20 rotating presidency to actively promote multilateralism and enhance its international influence. In general，pragmatic cooperation is still the mainstream of China-Italy relations. The significant increase in bilateral trade volume against the trend has become a highlight of the cooperation between the two countries. The Draghi government’s relatively conservative attitude towards the cooperation with China also deserves attention.