Xinhua, Lima :
Business and enterprise representatives from China and Peru signed purchasing agreements worth 2 billion U.S. dollars on Monday in Lima, as the 2016 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week kicked off in the capital city.
The agreements involved light industry, textiles, agricultural products, medicine, metals and minerals. Over 100 government officials and entrepreneurs attended the signing ceremony.
“Chinese-Peruvian trade has achieved growth and progress against the sophisticated and adverse situation of the world,” Zhu Yong, a senior official from the Commerce Ministry of China, said at the ceremony.
Deepening cooperation and jointly overcoming hardships have proved precious to both sides and are conducive to producing win-win outcome and boosting global trade in the future, he added.
