The meeting, in its venue at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, hosts significant Chinese companies who work in the construction, food, culture, tourism, industry, and information technologies.

China is one of Cuba’s leading trading partners and has enormous potential to expand economic and commercial ties between the two countries, and whose relations are at the highest level.

Prime Minister Manuel Marrero visited China in November and met with President Xi Jinping and his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiang.

Marrero visited Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and discussed bilateral relations with Yi Lianhong, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CCP) Zhejiang Provincial Committee.

The prime minister also met with business leaders of the China-Latin America Industrial Park Platform and learned about its peculiarities, whose presentation was held in Havana.

The Cuban Chamber of Commerce organized a meeting that is expected to exchange commercial interests.

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