BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi
Jinping left here Sunday morning for official visits to Mexico, Jamaica,
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Malta.
The visits will last to Feb. 22 , according to the
Foreign Ministry.
Xi was invited by Brazilian Vice President Jose
Alencar as well as governments of the other five countries.
Xi's entourage included senior officials from the
Foreign Ministry, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry
of Commerce, the Policy Research Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee and the China Development Bank.
Chinese vice president to attend
business meeting in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi
Jinping, who will arrive here on Sunday for an official visit to Mexico, is
scheduled to attend the 19th Plenary Meeting of the Mexico-China Business
Committee, the Mexican Business Council of Exterior Commerce, Investment and
Technology (COMCE) said on Friday.
The 19th plenary meeting, to be held on Tuesday, will
discuss business possibilities in both countries, the COMCE said in a
communique. Full story
Official: Mexico eyes strengthening
commercial exchanges with China
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Mexico will take the
upcoming 19th Plenary Meeting of the Mexico-China Business Committee as an
opportunity to strengthen commercial and investment exchanges with China, a
Mexican official told Xinhua on Friday.
The meeting aims to boost bilateral investment and
commercial exchanges between China and Mexico, Fernando Ruiz, technical director
of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology
(COMCE), said. Full story
Mexico hopes to boost economic ties
with China amid crisis
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Mexico is expected to get
part of China's investments earmarked for foreign markets in 2009, Bruno
Ferrari, head of a government institution which is tasked toattract foreign
direct investment, said on Friday.
Bruno Ferrari, who leads ProMexico, also said the south
American country also expects to seek new economic opportunities with China as
the scheduled visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping nears. Full story
