On the morning of April 14, the China Latin America (Mexico)International Trade Digital Expo, hosted by CCPIT and actively organized by CCPIT Hubei Sub-council, opened in Beijing. This expo is being held online to help enterprises cope with the impact of the new corona virus pneumonia and expand international trade and economic cooperation. Nearly 500 people from the Chinese and Latin American governments, business associations and entrepreneurs attended the opening ceremony online.
Gao Yan, President of CCPIT, Zhu Qingqiao, Ambassador of China to Mexico, Thomas Bormudes, representative of the Inter American Development Bank, Martha Delgado,Vice Minister of foreign affairs of Mexico, Li Ziwen, vice chairman of MexicoForeign Trade Commission, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches,while Zhang Shenfeng, vice president of CCPIT, presided over the openingceremony.
President Gao Yan said in one speech that this expo is an effective platform to deepen the economic and trade cooperation between China and Latin America and promote the construction of a high quality "one belt and one road". China and Latin America have strong economic complementarity, highly consistent development strategies and broad prospects for economic and trade cooperation. Under the background of the current global economic, situation becoming more complex and changeable, China and LatinAmerican countries are constantly expanding their common interests, the potential of economic and trade cooperation is continuously released, and enterprises are increasingly eager to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation. This exhibition is closely related to the market demand of Latin America, especially Mexico. Through big data, it provides online negotiation opportunities and precise matching services for enterprises, attracting extensive attention from China Latin America Business Association, exhibition organization, enterprises and domestic and foreign media.
ZhangXiaomei, President of CCPIT Hubei Sub-council, attended the opening ceremony and was interviewed by Xinhua News. China Latin America (Mexico) International Trade Digital Expo，which was successfully held for the first time， is the result of the new prevention and control work of the new coronavirus pneumonia in China，the effective attempt of CCPIT’s innovative work, and the important embodiment of general secretary Xi Jinping’s overall plan for promoting economic and social development. The expo uses digital trade platform for online display and online negotiation, creatively builds a trade and investment promotion platform between China and Latin America, promotes the deepening and exchange of the overall cooperation mechanism between China and Latin America, and will help deepen the comprehensive partnership between China and Latin America in a wider field and at a higher level.
CCPIT Hubei Sub-council actively organized 20 Hubei enterprises, such as Angel yeast, Qugu food and Aizhijia, to participate in the exhibition, and held docking talks with Mexican purchasers, which will play a positive role in promoting orders, market expansion and stable growth of foreign trade enterprises in our province. Next, under the guidance of CCPIT, we will build a Hubei Digital trade promotion platform to serve enterprises through online product display, online exhibition, online negotiation, online discussion and training, online commercial legal services and other ways, to help enterprises to solve difficulties, and to revive people’s livelihood and economic development after the epidemic.
