Ties on the Rise
In 2021, trade between China and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries exceeded $450 billion for the first time. China built and put into use more than 100 infrastructure projects in the region from 2005 to 2020, creating more than 600,000 local jobs, Mao Ning, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, told a briefing in Beijing on September 8.
But this is far from a full picture of the level China-LAC cooperation has reached.
In addition to trade in goods, China-LAC exchanges in sectors including technology, education, culture and e-commerce have boomed.
During the China-LAC Scientific and Technological Innovation Forum in early September, the Ministry of
