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Chinese communities in Italy have evolved over the years, and Associna has been analyzing their gradual changes. Milan, Prato, Florence, Rome and Naples have the most Chinese people.

The number of enterprises owned by Chinese immigrants has grown by a steady 232 percent in the last 10 years. According to the latest Italian Chamber of Commerce survey, there were 44,121 enterprises active nationwide at the end of the first six months of 2013. Of these, 16,250 were in the manufacturing sector. The study found that the majority of enterprises were sole proprietorships.

Another survey, conducted by the Mestre Cgia, shows that there were 210,000 Chinese people registered as residents in Italy as of June 2013.

Prato's and Florence's vast Chinese communities are devoted to clothing and leather manufacturing activities, what they call "fast fashion", says Bai. While Naples, which witnessed a dramatic growth in the number of individual businesses (692 percent) in the last decade, has a community that is dominant in import-export.

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