On January 24, the Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States was held in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
At the invitation of Argentine President Fernandez, the rotating presidency of CELAC, President Xi Jinping delivered a video speech to the summit.
On January 24, the Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States was held in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
At the invitation of Argentine President Fernandez, who holds the rotating presidency of CELAC, President Xi Jinping delivered a video speech to the summit, emphasizing that China has always supported the integration process of Latin America and the Caribbean, attached great importance to developing relations with CELAC, and regarded CELAC as a means of consolidating development. An important partner for China's national unity and promotion of South-South cooperation.
In July 2014, President Xi Jinping and the leaders of Latin American countries jointly announced the establishment of the China-CELAC Forum, which opened up a new way for China-Latin America overall cooperation.
Over the past eight years, despite the vicissitudes of the international situation, China-Latin America relations have always been developing vigorously.
Under the guidance of the diplomacy of the heads of state, China-Latin America relations featuring equality, mutual benefit, innovation, openness, and people-benefit in the new era have been deepening.
On January 21st local time in Dominica, it is already the first day of the Lunar New Year in China.
At the China-Dominica Modern Agriculture Center, Feng Huan, a Chinese agricultural expert, cut off dragon fruit branches and gave them to local farmers as seedlings.
The trial planting of dragon fruit in the local area has been very successful, and it has become one of the economic crops that the center focuses on promoting.
The center also plans to conduct intensive training for local farmers, provide more technical services, and help more people get rid of poverty and become rich.
On January 21, at the China-Dominica Modern Agriculture Center, Chinese agricultural expert Feng Huan (first from left) cut dragon fruit branches and gave them to local farmers as seedlings.
(The picture is provided by the interviewee)
Dominica is a Caribbean island country with agriculture as an important industry.
However, due to the constraints of agricultural production technology, the variety of fruits and vegetables has been relatively scarce and the output has been unstable for many years.
After the official launch of the China-Dominica agricultural technology cooperation project, after years of unremitting efforts, a team of experts from China successfully promoted 28 technologies including greenhouse seedling raising and three-dimensional cultivation, which greatly enriched the table of the local people and steadily increased farmers' income.
While Chinese agricultural technology and high-quality fruit and vegetable varieties have set foot on the Caribbean islands, more and more diverse Latin American agricultural products have been pouring into the Chinese market.
At the 5th CIIE that closed not long ago, high-quality Latin American products such as Brazilian acai jelly powder, Argentine wine, and Colombian chocolate were unveiled.
Many Latin American companies came to the CIIE, looking forward to opening up new and vast markets in China.
This is a photo of roses from Ecuador taken at the Lingnan Flower Market in Guangzhou on January 17.
During the Spring Festival, Chilean cherries, Peruvian blueberries, and Uruguayan beef have become popular New Year’s products on Chinese e-commerce platforms. Ecuadorian roses and Colombian hydrangea are hot sellers in Guangzhou, the “Flower City”, making them the best local choice for Chinese New Year flowers. Bring a sense of spring.
Consumption picks up, and the trade between China and Latin America ushers in a "small climax".
According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, the total trade volume between China and Latin America and the Caribbean will hit a new high in 2022, reaching US$485.79 billion, exceeding US$450 billion for the second consecutive year, an increase of more than 7% from 2021.
From Chinese people tasting the "Taste of Latin America" to Latin American companies sharing "China's opportunities", the practical cooperation between China and Latin America has brought a better life to thousands of families on both sides, and also brought the two distant continents into closer contact across mountains and seas together.
Also on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xiong Yongfeng, a Chinese technician of the Argentine "Kise" hydropower project, opened the drawings and discussed the progress of the project with local engineers.
At the project site, the dam and cofferdam have been formed, and the construction of the foundation pit of the hydropower station is progressing steadily.
In July 2014, President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Argentina.
Meanwhile, China and Argentina signed a financing agreement for the "Kise" hydropower project, marking that the largest water conservancy project in Argentina's history has officially entered the implementation stage.
This hydropower station located at the southernmost tip of the world has been the dream of the Argentines for more than half a century.
After the completion of the hydropower station, the average annual power generation is expected to reach 4.95 billion kwh, which can meet the daily electricity consumption of 1.5 million Argentine households, and can even be exported to neighboring countries.
At the same time, it can save Argentina nearly US$1.1 billion in oil and gas import expenses every year.
This is the construction site of the "Kise" hydropower project in Argentina taken on August 26, 2021 (drone photo).
The "Kise" hydropower project is the epitome of China-Latin America high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
Under the guidance of the head of state's diplomacy, the "Belt and Road" initiative has taken root in Latin America and blossomed.
The Manta International Airport in Ecuador, which was rebuilt after the earthquake, allowed Manta to "take off" and connect with the world again; the "electric highway" Belo Monte UHV DC transmission project running through the north and south of Brazil solved the power shortage problem of more than 22 million Brazilians; Grano Freight Railway, reducing logistics costs for farmers in northern grain-producing regions...
So far, 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries have signed cooperation documents with China on the joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
The successive completion and delivery of each interconnection project is a vivid portrayal of China and Latin America seeking common development and pursuing dreams together.
Eduardo Regalardo, an expert on China at the Center for International Political Studies in Cuba, said that China's "Belt and Road" initiative has strongly promoted the development of China-Latin America relations.
China has played a key role in supporting infrastructure construction in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the economic and social development of Latin America has also injected new impetus into China-Latin America relations.
On January 24, at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Texcoco, a city in central Mexico, Chinese expert He Xinyao sorted out wheat germplasm materials from China in the laboratory.
According to statistics, China has provided thousands of wheat germplasm resources for this crop diversity warehouse.
The 13 new corn varieties jointly bred by the two parties have been planted in Nepal and other countries, helping to increase local grain production and income.
In 2016, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center won the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.
Bram Govalz, director of the center, believes that technical cooperation with China is one of the examples of working together to promote world food security.
He said: "We have cooperated with Chinese scientists to develop corn and wheat that are more water-efficient, disease-resistant, and adaptable to climate change, and increase production while reducing pollution. This will not only help China improve food security, but also bring benefits to the world. More food security."
This is a maize germplasm from China taken in the "germplasm bank" of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center on November 7, 2022.
In the new era of China-Latin America relations advocated by President Xi Jinping, "innovation" always occupies an important position.
In recent years, the in-depth, extensive and inclusive scientific and technological innovation cooperation between China and Latin America has continued to take shape.
In the face of the new crown epidemic, China has carried out joint vaccine production and drug research and development cooperation with Brazil, Chile and other countries to jointly build an immune barrier and protect the lives and health of the Chinese and Latin American people.
Looking up at the starry sky, the Argentine deep space station jointly built by China and Argentina has been put into use in the province of Neuquen, Argentina, and has played an important role in the execution of missions such as "Chang'e-4" and "Tianwen-1". Earth resource satellites provide more means for cooperation in space technology between the two countries; the China-Chile Astronomy Joint Research Center is established and operated to jointly carry out astronomical observation research and astronomical technology method research.
Argentine sociologist Marcelo Rodriguez believes that China-Latin America cooperation is a model of South-South cooperation. He looks forward to more exchanges and cooperation between China and Latin America through multilateral platforms such as the China-CELAC Forum in the future to benefit the common welfare.
Recife, a city in northeastern Brazil, held a Chinese New Year celebration on the evening of January 19, celebrating the Year of the Rabbit through Chinese-Brazilian songs and dances, lion dance performances, and light shows.
In 2022, the city of Recife passed a bill to make the Chinese Spring Festival an official festival of the city.
As a Latin American proverb says, "A true friend can reach your heart from the other side of the world."
Facing the future, under the guidance of the heads of state's diplomacy, China and Latin America will continue to work hand in hand, continuously enhance friendship, deepen cooperation, and push the ship of the China-Latin America community of shared future to a better future.
Curator: Ni Siyi and Jiang Yan
Producer: Feng Junyang Zhao Kai
Coordinator: Xie Peng, Han Mo, Zhao Hui, Yan Junyan, Yan Liang
Reporter: Xi Yue, Chen Yao, Bian Zhuodan, Zhu Wanjun, King Zhong Yi, Zhou Yongsui, Zhu Yubo, Wu Hao, Liao Siwei
Editor: Han Liang Zhao Yan Xu Xiaolei Diao Ze Sun Hao
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