Zhongxin Finance, February 10th. At the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce on the 10th, some media asked: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Argentina.
What are the highlights of the economic and trade cooperation between China and Afghanistan in recent years?
What potential can the two countries have in terms of economic and trade cooperation in the future?
In this regard, Gao Feng, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan 50 years ago, the economic and trade relations between the two countries have maintained a healthy and stable development.
In 2021, the bilateral trade volume will increase by 28.3% year-on-year to US$17.83 billion, and China will continue to remain Argentina's second largest trading partner.
The scale of two-way investment has steadily expanded, and investment and cooperation projects between the two sides in new fields such as clean energy have continued to emerge.
Argentina is an important project contracting market for China in Latin America. The cooperation between the two parties involves fields such as hydropower, railway, energy, and communication.
Gao Feng said that in the next step, China is willing to work with Afghanistan to jointly promote the "Belt and Road" construction, promote the further development of China-Arab pragmatic economic and trade cooperation in various fields, especially strengthen investment cooperation in emerging areas such as digital economy and green development, and continuously improve The level of bilateral economic and trade cooperation has improved the well-being of the two peoples.
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