Latin America partnership for better future

The fact that 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the China-CELAC Forum and China's proposal to build a China-Latin America community with a shared future adds to the importance of President Xi Jinping's visit to Latin America from Nov 13 to 21 to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting in Peru and the G20 Summit in Brazil as well as pay state visits to the two countries.

CELAC, incidentally, stands for China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, a platform that promotes cooperation between the two sides.

Over the past decade, deepening cooperation between China and Latin American and Caribbean countries has borne rich fruits in fields such as aerospace, healthcare, agriculture and energy. But cooperation between China and the Latin American countries is no longer limited to the government level; it now extends to enterprises, universities and research institutions.