China News Agency, Beijing, February 17 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mexico.
China's Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng said on the 17th that the two sides have achieved fruitful economic and trade cooperation. In the future, China is willing to actively expand cooperation with Mexico in emerging industries such as green development, digital economy, and electric vehicles.
Gao Feng said at the press conference held on the same day that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mexico 50 years ago, especially since the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in 2013, the development of bilateral relations has entered a fast lane, and the mutually beneficial economic and trade cooperation has yielded fruitful results.
At present, Mexico is China's second largest trading partner in Latin America, and China is Mexico's second largest trading partner in the world.
According to Chinese statistics, the bilateral trade volume between China and Mexico in 2021 will reach a record high of US$86.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%, much higher than the overall growth rate of China's foreign trade in the same period.
In terms of investment, Mexico is an important contracting project market and investment destination for China in Latin America. The cooperation between the two sides in the fields of transportation infrastructure, processing and manufacturing, telecommunications, traditional energy and clean energy is progressing smoothly.
Gao Feng said that in the next step, China is willing to work with Mexico to strengthen the alignment of development plans, consolidate cooperation in traditional advantageous fields, actively expand cooperation in green development, digital economy, electric vehicles and other emerging industries, promote trade and investment facilitation, and strengthen regional and multilateral cooperation. , to promote common development.
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