On October 12, 2021, the Guangdong-Latin American and Caribbean Countries Cooperation and Exchange Dialogue & Guangdong International Business Opportunities Promotion Conference, organized by Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office and CCPIT Guangdong Committee, was held in Zhuhai, Guangdong. Over 100 representatives from the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office, CCPIT Guangdong Committee, Zhuhai municipal government, universities and enterprises from China and Latin America attended the Conference. Invited by the Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office, Vice President Xian Chunlong joined the Conference on behalf of South China Agricultural University and the Director Unit of the Executive Council of China-Latin America Agricultural Education and Research Innovation Alliance (CLAERIA) and delivered a speech. 

            At the Conference

The Conference was hosted by Mr. Cang Feng, Deputy Director General of Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office. Mr. Fan Xinlin, Vice President of CCPIT Guangdong Committee; Mr. Guo Lishi, Deputy Mayor of Zhuhai Municipal government; Mr. Chen Ping, Counselor from the Department of Latin American And Caribbean Affairs, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs; H.E. Mr. Fernando Lugris, Ambassador of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in China and Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Diplomatic Corps in China; Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of the International Trade Center; leaders of friendship provinces and cities in Latin America also spoke at the Conference online and offline.

Mr. Cang Feng, Deputy Director General, Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office hosted the Conference

H.E. Mr. Fernando Lugris, Ambassador of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in China and Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Diplomatic Corps in China, spoke at the Conference

Mr. Fan Xinlin, Vice President of CCPIT Guangdong Committee and Guangdong Chamber of International Commerce, delivered a speech

The Guangdong-Latin American and Caribbean Countries Cooperation and Exchange Dialogue was joined by H.E. Mr. Antonia Hugh, Ambassador of Jamaica in China; H.E.Mr. Paulo Estivallet, Ambassador of Brazil in China; H.E. Mr. Luis Monsalve, Ambassador of Colombia in China; H.E. Mr. Carlos Miguel Pereira, Ambassador of Cuba in China; H.E. Mr. Jesús Seade, Ambassador of Mexico in China; Mr. Xian Chunlong, Vice President, South China Agricultural University; Mr. Yang Hongchao, Chief Investment Officer, China-LAC Cooperation Fund; Ms. Jiang Mengmin, Executive Vice Secretary-General, Guangdong Cross-Border E-Commerce Association and Mr. Li Nan, General Sales Manager of Optical Storage, BYD.

Mr. Xian Chunlong introduced the scientific research of SCAU and highlighted the progress made by CLAERIA led by SCAU since its establishment in December, 2020. In his speech, he mentioned that currently 42 universities and research institutions from 13 Latin American countries have joined the Alliance of CLAERIA. Up to now, SCAU has reached consensus with universities in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama and other countries on specific projects. Substantive cooperation projects will be carried out in the fields of mutual interest such as crops breeding, biological prevention and control of pests and diseases, sustainable agricultural development, modern agricultural equipment and smart agriculture, edible fungi and humanities etc.. He said that as the Director Unit of the Alliance, South China Agricultural University will work with the members to develop more cooperation projects, and expects the support from governments at all levels to make greater contributions to a community of China-Latin America agricultural education and research cooperation. The Ambassador of Brazil, the Ambassador of Mexico and the Ambassador of Colombia, the Ambassador of Cuba expressed their appreciation for the establishment and progress of the Alliance, and emphasized the importance of China-Latin America agricultural education and research cooperation in the post-epidemic era. They expressed their willingness to support the cooperation between the universities in their countries and SCAU as well as the Alliance. 

Vice President Mr. Xian Chunlong and H.E. Mr. Louis Monsalve, Ambassador of Colombia in China

Prof. Wang Jianwu, Director of the International Office of SCAU and Ms. Yuan Juhua, Deputy Director of the International Office also attended the Conference and had an exchange of views with the Latin American and Caribbean Diplomatic Corps during the event.