China-CELAC cooperation to help build community with shared future

Eduardo Regalado, a senior researcher at the Cuban Center for Studies on International Politics, said in an interview with Xinhua on Friday that the forum is an institutional platform for China-Latin America relations that promotes mutual understanding.

"Both China and Latin America are facing common challenges such as the pandemic. The platform will promote development and innovation. It will help both parties formulate relevant policies and deepen cooperation," he said.

"The Third China-CELAC Forum Ministerial Meeting is a great opportunity for the two parties to deepen projects of cooperation and build a community of shared future," he added.

David Castrillon, professor at the Externado University of Colombia and a member of the Colombia-China Friendship Association, said that facing the challenges of economic recovery, climate change, poverty, and terrorism, a country cannot solve problems on its own and needs to work together with other countries to tackle them.