The First China-Latin American Local Governments Cooperation Forum was held in Chongqing on November 9th, 2016.The First Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum was held in Beijing on January 8th and 9th, 2015. Through equal and friendly consultations, the two sides have considered to adopt the China-Latin American and Caribbean Countries Cooperation Plan (2015-2019), which aims at promoting complementary advantages, pushing forward the exchanges in the fields of trade, industry, tourism, humanities and etc., achieving mutual benefit win-win results and common development. Around 200 people including foreign representatives from 15 countries, 20 cities and 15 international and regional organizations such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico, and Chinese representatives from 15 provinces, cities and districts, attended the forum. Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Mr. Liu Guiping, Vice Mayor of Chongqing, Mr. Edgar Dikan, Minister of Regional Development of Suriname and other guests delivered speeches respectively at the opening ceremony. Governors, mayors and representatives from 8 countries such as Argentina, Mexico and etc. made speeches respectively on the themes of the management of the cities, the cooperation of friendly cities and other topics in the two thematic sessions. The forum achieved a complete success.
