Trade envoy: Connection helps Chile's economy

The Belt and Road Initiative is a confident approach to global connectivity, with great potential to promote trade, said Andreas Pierotic, trade commissioner of the Chilean embassy in China.

Chile was an early booster of the BRI in Latin America, he noted, and it remains a strong supporter.

"We believe there is great potential in promoting bilateral projects in infrastructure connectivity," he said. "Latin America is a large region, and we need better roads, better tunnels, airports and harbors that will allow Latin America's products, which are very popular in China, to be better connected with China."