UN ECLAC: Huge Potential for Latin America-China Industrial and Technological Cooperation

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Salazar-Xirinachs said on the 11th that Latin America and the Caribbean and China have enormous potential for cooperation in industry and technology, and that deeper cooperation between the two sides will help raise the region's productivity and industrial development level. On the same day, ECLAC released the report "Productive Development Policy Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2026" in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Answering reporters' questions at the report launch, Salazar-Xirinachs said that in recent years, cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean and China has continued to expand in multiple areas including trade, direct investment, financing and infrastructure construction, and the two sides are expected to further deepen cooperation in industries such as agriculture, industry, mining, manufacturing, electric mobility, strategic mineral processing and renewable energy.