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on november 11, invest shenzhen hosted the shenzhen investment environment promotion conference 'enjoy a brighter future in shenzhen'in mexico city, attracting more than 130 delegates from local government bodies and business leaders.
before the conference, commerce official chen yuming from the chinese embassy in mexico met with the invest shenzhen delegation to discuss increasing communication and cooperation between shenzhen and mexico.
deputy director li shi addressed the conference and introduced shenzhen and the current investment and cooperation opportunities between shenzhen and mexico. our employees answered questions about shenzhen's investment environment and the development status of shenzhen's competitive industries. mexican business council for foreign trade chairman and former ambassador to china li ziwen, mexican foreign capital and strategic business representative office director l. beatriz almanza l, and mexico-china trade and technology chamber vice president amapola grijalva addressed the meeting and indicated that mexico will step up efforts to bolster trade, scientific and cultural exchanges with shenzhen.
staff from industry-leader mindray gave a presentation on shenzhen's excellent investment and business environment. a video was shown to the delegates to introduce shenzhen, and invest shenzhen representatives answered questions about running businesses in the city.
during the conference, we signed cooperation agreements with the mexican foreign capital and strategic business representative office and mexican chinese enterprise association, marking the first step to expand our investment promotion network in latin america. mexico is an economic powerhouse in latin america, and its gdp ranks second in the region. it is one of the world's most open economies, and enjoys free trade agreements with 44 countries and regions.
as mexico's fourth largest importer and second largest exporter, china has continued to intensify its relationship with mexico over the past 41 years since it established diplomatic relations. president xi jinping's visit to mexico this june propelled the sino-mexico relationship to a new level, and cooperation between shenzhen and mexico is set to boom in various fields including economy and trade, science and technology and culture.