10月19日至29日,市委副書记、市长胡衡华率市政府代表团访问墨西哥、哥伦比亚和巴西,落实共建“一带一路”倡议,分享现代化新重庆建设机遇,深化重庆与拉美地方交往和经贸文化合作,为推动新时代中拉关系行稳致远贡献重庆力量。
出访期间,代表团分别会见了墨西哥外交部、哥伦比亚外交部和墨西哥城、波哥大市、圣保罗州、里约热内卢市政府官员,与政商学界人士广泛交流,系统推介新时代新征程新重庆的发展蓝图,探讨深化合作事宜。胡衡华说,当前,重庆正全面贯彻习近平主席重要指示精神和中共二十大精神,紧扣现代化新重庆建设目标,扎实推动成渝地区双城经济圈、陆海新通道等国家战略落地实施,加快建设国家重要先进制造业中心、西部金融中心、国际消费中心城市和国际性综合交通枢纽城市,经济持续回升向好,高质量发展迈出坚实步伐。重庆愿同墨西哥、哥伦比亚、巴西等拉美国家共享现代化建设机遇,扩大各层面交流交往,加强产业对接、创新协同、贸易合作、文化往来,携手谱写新时代合作共赢新篇章。
推动产业协作和经贸对接是此次访问的一项重要内容。胡衡华先后出席中国(重庆)—墨西哥投资贸易合作推介会、中国(重庆)—哥伦比亚新能源汽车国际合作论坛和中国(重庆)—巴西投资贸易合作推介会,参加长安汽车、赛力斯汽车品牌推广活动,考察了墨西哥、巴西食品加工等领域的世界500强企业,重点推进智能网联新能源汽车、食品及农产品加工等产业合作。3场投资贸易推介活动,吸引600多家中外企业参与,促成21个项目签约,投资贸易总金额215.3亿元。重庆汽车品牌推广活动,推动“渝车出海”开拓拉美市场,长安、赛力斯、睿蓝等汽车企业与当地经销商签订超过20亿美元的销售协议。
在墨西哥城和波哥大市,胡衡华分别出席了墨西哥、哥伦比亚“中国时段”项目签约启动活动以及墨西哥鲁班工坊项目签约活动。据介绍,“中国时段”是国家对外文化交流品牌活动“电视中国剧场”的子项目。该项目的启动,填补了“电视中国剧场”在拉美地区的空白,将更好讲述中国故事、传递中国友谊。鲁班工坊是国家职业教育国际交流品牌,墨西哥鲁班工坊作为拉美地区首个鲁班工坊,将有力促进中国技术传播、助力中国企业出海。
地方交流方面,胡衡华代表重庆市政府,分别与墨西哥城、圣保罗州签署了友好合作谅解备忘录,深化与两市州在经贸、教育、人文等各领域合作。胡衡华还参观了巴西圣保罗技术研究院,考察了墨西哥、哥伦比亚、巴西的城市规划建设治理、文化遗产保护、文旅融合发展等。
Hu Henghua Leading Chongqing Municipal Government Delegation to Visit Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil
From October 19 to 29, Hu Henghua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal Government, led a delegation of the municipal government to visit Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, seeking for further Belt and Road cooperation, share opportunities brought about by building a modern new Chongqing, and deepen local exchanges, as well as trade, and economic and cultural cooperation between Chongqing and Latin America, to contribute to the steady progress of China-Latin America relations in the new era.
During the visit, the delegation met with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, and the municipal governments of Mexico City, Bogota, S?o Paulo State, and Rio de Janeiro, and exchanged views with a wide range of figures from politics, business, and academia, to present a blueprint for building a new Chongqing along a new journey in the new era in a systematic manner and discuss matters for closer cooperation. Hu Henghua noted that Chongqing is following through on President Xi Jinpings important instructions and the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress. Committed to building a modern new Chongqing, the city is implementing national strategies such as the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-Hub Mega-Region and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC). Great efforts are being made to build an advanced manufacturing center with national importance, a financial center in Western China, an international consumption center, and an international integrated transportation hub. Its economy has maintained the momentum of recovery and growth and it is making solid progress towards high-quality development. He added that Chongqing is ready to share opportunities arising from its modernization drive with Latin American countries such as Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, expand exchanges and contacts at all levels, enhance collaboration and connectivity among industries, promote coordinated innovation, trade cooperation, and cultural exchanges, to write a new chapter of win-win cooperation in the new era.
A key focus of the visit was to promote industrial collaboration and economic and trade matchmaking. For this purpose, Hu Henghua attended the Conference for Promoting Investment and Trade Cooperation between China (Chongqing) and Mexico, the Forum for International Cooperation on New Energy Vehicles between China (Chongqing) and Colombia, and the Conference for Promoting Investment and Trade Cooperation between China (Chongqing) and Brazil. He also joined the branding campaigns of Changan Auto and Seres Automobiles. He visited the Fortune Global 500 companies from Mexico and Brazil in food processing and other fields, focusing on pushing forward industrial cooperation in areas such as intelligent connected vehicles, new energy vehicles, and food and agro-processing. The three investment and trade promotions engaged more than 600 Chinese and overseas companies and enabled the signing of 21 projects, generating a total investment and trade volume of RMB21.53 billion. Aiming for “Made-in-Chongqing Vehicles Going Global,” the events allowed those brands to expand their presence in the Latin American market, with Changan Auto, Seres Automobiles, LIVAN Auto, and other auto companies signing sales agreements worth more than USD2 billion with local dealers.
In Mexico City and Bogota City, Hu Henghua attended the signing and launching events of the “China Time” project in Mexico and Colombia and the signing event of the Luban Workshop project in Mexico. It is learned that “China Time” is a sub-project of Chinas international cultural exchange program, “China Television Theater”. Marking the presence of “China Television Theater” in Latin America, this project serves to tell Chinese stories and carry on friendship with China in a better way. Luban Workshop is a state-level brand for international exchange in vocational education. As the first Luban Workshop in Latin America, the Mexican Luban Workshop will facilitate the dissemination of Chinese technologies and the overseas expansion of Chinese businesses.
In terms of exchanges with local partners, Hu Henghua, on behalf of the Chongqing Municipal Government, signed Memorandums of Understanding on Friendship and Cooperation with Mexico City and S?o Paulo, respectively, to deepen cooperation with the city and the state in economy and trade, education, culture, and other fields. Hu Henghua also visited the Institute of Technology of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and studied urban planning, construction and governance, cultural heritage protection, and integrated development of culture and tourism in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.