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The 1st China-Latin America Business Summit is to be convened in Santiago, Chile on Nov.27th, 2007. It will be an event of great significance in the history of the economic and trade cooperation between China and Latin America.
Ever since embarking on the road of reform and opening-up in 1978, China’s economy has maintained double-digit annual growth rate in the past two and a half decades. China’s aggregate economic strength ranked the 4th place in the world by 2006. China’s total import and export volume surpassed 1.76 trillion US dollars, while bilateral trade between China and Latin America valued at 70.22 billion US dollars. As is known, with China’s robust economic development, Sino-Latin American economic and trade relations also flourishes into full blossom. More and more Chinese enterprises set Latin American region as an ideal destination for their going global.
Against such backdrop, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), along with the Export Import Bank of China, ProChile and Bank of Chile initiated the 1st China-Latin America Business Summit. The summit, with its theme of “expanding horizon of trade & investment for mutual benefits”, will attract government and business leaders from China and Latin American countries for discussions and exchanges on topics of exploring trade potential and strengthening reciprocal investment. As a professional conference of high-profile nature, the summit will definitely provide businesses of both sides a primary opportunity to have an eye-opening experience for further cooperation.
CCPIT is the largest trade and investment promoting agency in China. For 55 years, CCPIT has committed to pushing forward bilateral economic and trade relations between China and Latin American regions. With a massive network of over 700 local sub-councils, industrial sub-councils and branches all over the country, CCPIT can provide all-dimensional services to Latin-American businesses as well as Chinese companies.
For the up-coming summit, CCPIT will organize a large-scale business delegation to Chile. The delegation will consist of over 100 corporate leaders from various industrial sectors, who will also conduct one-on-one match-making appointments with our Latin American counterparts during the 2nd half of the summit.
