Looking forward to these collaborations, the friendship between the two places has a long history. The Mayor of Shanghai meets with the President of Guyana, Ivan Ali, to collaborate with the President of Guyana
Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with Guyana President Ilfan Ali and his delegation today.
Gong Zheng, on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, warmly welcomes the visit of the President and the delegation.Although China and Guyana are far apart, their friendship has a long and lasting history. As a window of China's reform and opening up, Shanghai hopes to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Guyana by taking the opportunity of jointly building high-quality development along the the Belt and Road. In terms of economic, trade and investment cooperation, we warmly welcome Guyana enterprises to appear at the CIIE and focus on practical cooperation in agriculture, energy, infrastructure and other fields. In terms of green and low-carbon development, we look forward to mutual learning and learning with Guyana, expanding cooperation areas, and increasing cooperation efforts. In terms of cultural tourism cooperation, we look forward to strengthening cultural and personnel exchanges, allowing more citizens to appreciate Guyana's beautiful natural landscapes and diverse cultural heritage, and building a bridge of friendship between the two peoples.
Ilfan Ali said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Guyana and China over 50 years ago, cooperation in various fields has been continuously deepening, and people's friendship has continued to develop. The cooperation with China has promoted Guyana's transformation and development. Guyana has abundant oil and gas resources and hopes to play a more important role in the fields of climate change, environment, food and food safety. We look forward to deepening cooperation with Shanghai in shipbuilding, new energy vehicles, manufacturing, agriculture, tourism and culture, and welcome Chinese investors to use Guyana as a bridge to enter South America and the Caribbean region. We also welcome the establishment of manufacturing factories and regional headquarters in Guyana, so that Chinese products and services can better cover the local and surrounding large markets.
Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Guo Haiyan, Shanghai Deputy Mayor Zhang Xiaohong, Guyana Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hugh Todd, and Guyana Ambassador to China Zhou Yaxin attended the meeting.