Strengthening solidarity

Expanding cooperation will enable Latin America and China to facilitate their common development

Relations between China and Latin America have entered a new period of strategic development, and China recently engaged in a new wave of diplomacy toward Latin America. President Hu Jintao attended the seventh G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico from June 18 to 19 and held bilateral talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. While from June 20 to 26, Premier Wen Jiabao attended the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and visited Uruguay, Argentina and Chile as well.

In a speech at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Wen announced a series of new initiatives to further promote ties between China and Latin America.