According to the publication, representatives from both sides also agreed to collaborate more in the construction of infrastructure, the deployment of digital technology and the reduction of the negative effects of the pandemic.

These consensuses emerged from a forum held this Wednesday to share experiences and explore opportunities for cooperation in eradicating poverty and promoting economic development.

The meeting brought together around a hundred officials from the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the member countries of CELAC and the United Nations Organization via video link.

It served as an opportunity to highlight China’s support to Latin America and the Caribbean with donations of vaccines and health materials, as well as to expose the challenges of that region to guarantee a decent life for all its inhabitants.

In August 2021, China and CELAC held a first meeting of this type, it is expected that it will maintain an annual frequency and will allow broadening mutual understanding.

The Asian giant promoted the initiative after declaring itself free from impoverishment early last year.

In 2012, the authorities of this country launched an ambitious plan that closed in 2021 with the construction of a modestly prosperous society, in which all citizens must live in a dignified manner.

Throughout that time, the living conditions of almost 100 million people with low incomes improved, and that figure, added to that achieved since the end of the 1970s, places more than 700 million people who came out of backwardness here.

The campaign also benefited the country’s 832 poorest rural counties, raising the average net income of their residents to 11,487 yuan a year (nearly 1,740 dollars) above the national line of 4,000 yuan ($571). that measures extreme poverty.

China thus met that goal of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a decade ahead of schedule.

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