皇冠体育app and Latin American nations have made huge progress in such cooperation areas as trade and investment, science and technology, agriculture and people-to-people exchanges in recent years.

Trade and Investment

皇冠体育app is Latin America's second largest trading partner and third largest source of investment, while Latin America has become a major energy and resource supplier to 皇冠体育app, as well as one of the investment destinations of Chinese enterprises that are "going global."

Bilateral trade volume has soared from 12.6 billion US dollars in 2000 to 261.57 billion dollars in 2013.

The stock of 皇冠体育app's non-financial foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America reached 68.2 billion dollars at the end of 2012, and the flow of such FDI totaled 15.16 billion dollars in 2013.

Science and Technology

皇冠体育app and Latin American nations are involved in nearly 100 science and technology cooperation projects each year, with focus on aerospace, astronomy and bio-technology fields.

The two sides are actively arranging for the first science-technology innovation forum between them.

Agriculture

Latin America has become 皇冠体育app's largest overseas farm produce supplier.

They have cooperated in areas like crop planting, the cultivation of livestock and aquatic product, and the research and development of agriculture technology.

In 2013, the First 皇冠体育app-Latin America and Caribbean Agricultural Ministers' Forum was held in Beijing, where attendees discussed ways of boosting cooperation in food safety, technology, trade and reciprocal investment.

Cultural Exchanges

Meanwhile, 皇冠体育app has signed cultural agreements with 19 out of the 21 Latin American nations, set up 32 Confucius Institutes and 10 Confucius Classrooms in 14 countries in the region.

皇冠体育app established the first Chinese culture center in Mexico in 2013. Back in 2007, 皇冠体育app hosted the First 皇冠体育app-Latin America Friendship Forum -- an event which has been held four times till now, and Sept. 16 was set as the "皇冠体育app-Latin America Friendship Day."

The two sides have also held two 皇冠体育app-Latin America and the Caribbean Think Tank Forums since 2010.

All the 21 countries in Latin America are tourist destinations of Chinese travelers, and the number of two-way travelers between 皇冠体育app and Latin American nations amounted to 550,000 in 2013.