“新時代的馬可·波羅”叢書共6種，中、英文版。本叢書選取長期在中國生活和工作的國外友好人士的自述性作品，通過講述他們的在華經歷和對中國的認知、感受，促進文明交流、文明互鋻、文明共存，推動各國人民相互理解、相互尊重、相互信任，展現現當代絲路精神新的傳承故事。本書是馬達羅的一部自傳體作品，敘述了他兒童時代追求的“中國探險”，到少年時期萌發的“中國夢”，以及自1976年至今來中國216次的傳奇經歷。他是改革開放前夕首批來華訪問的西方記者之一，被稱為“現代馬可·波羅”。他拍攝的中國各地的35000多張彩色照片，記錄了改革開放初期的社會生活圖景和發展變遷，成為一代人中國人的集體記憶。他還策劃了一繫列促進東西方交流的文化活動，出版了多部關於中國的著作。他用40多年的親身經歷，讓國際社會了解和讀懂中國。Marco Polo of the New Era, in both Chinese and English, is a series consisting of six narrative books by foreign friends who have lived and worked in China all along time. By describing their experience in China and their cognition and feelings about China, the bilingual series promotes the exchanges, mutual learning between and coexistence of civilizations, drives mutual understanding, mutual respect and mutual trust between people from all countries, and shows the new inheritance of modern and contemporary Silk Road spirit.China in the Eyes of an Italian Journalist is an autobiographical work by Adriano Màdaro. It describes the “Chinese Adventure” he sought as a child, the “Chinese Dream” that sprouted in his youth, and the legendary experience of his coming to China 216 times since 1976. He was one of the first Western journalists to visit China on the eve of reform and opening-up. He was called a “modern Marco Polo.” He took more than 35,000 color photos all over China, which recorded the social life and development in the early stage of reform and opening-up. He planned and organized a series of cultural activities to promote exchanges between the East and the West, and published many books on China.

阿德裡亞諾· 馬達羅 (Adriano Màdaro) ，1942年出生於意大利特雷維索。記者、作家、漢學家。大學畢業後，他擔任多家報紙和雜志的記者、編輯。1977年，他作為中國問題專家訪問美國，約見了華盛頓大學、哈佛大學、斯坦福大學、紐約大學著名的中國問題專家以及美國國會圖書館的專家。2002年7月，在北海公園畫舫齋舉辦“老北京的歷史”展覽。2003年“非典”期間，他作為報道國際新聞的專家記者，擔任北京市政府新聞辦公室的顧問。2003年9月，他被中國國際文化書院和特雷維索市卡薩馬卡基金會任命為展覽總監，自2005年至2013年，在意大利連續舉辦了五屆主題為“絲綢之路和中華文明”的大型展覽。Adriano Màdaro was born in Oderzo, Treviso Province, near Venice. He is a journalist, writer and sinologist. After graduating from University of Urbino, he worked as a reporter for many newspapers and magazines. In 1977, he visited the United States as an Old China Hand and met with some scholars from Washington University, Harvard University, Stanford University, and New York University, as well as experts from the Library of Congress. In July 2002, the exhibition “Beijing at the Beginning of 20th Century” was held by him in Huafangzhai, Beihai Park. In May 2003, during the “SARS” period, he served as a reporter covering international news and a consultant for the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office. In September 2003, he was appointed as exhibition director by the Chinese Academy of International Culture and the Cassamarca Foundation in Treviso. From 2005 to 2013, he held five consecutive exhibitions with the theme of “Silk Road and Chinese Civilization” in Italy.