Year of Cultural Exchange with China launched
The China–Latin America and the Caribbean Year of Cultural Exchange was inaugurated with a gala in Havana, April 1

Author: Yenia Silva Correa | informacion@granma.cu
april 7, 2016 16:04:33

Zhang Tuo, Chinese ambassador to Cuba attended the gala launching his country’s year of cultural exchange with Latin America.

Photo: Juvenal Balán
With the presence of Caridad Diego, president of the Cuba-China Friendship Association and member of the Party Central Committee, the inaugural gala of the China – Latin America and the Caribbean Year of Cultural Exchange was held in Havana.
Zhang Tuo, Chinese ambassador to Cuba, thanked Party and government authorities, and directors of the University of Havana and the Confucius Institute, for organizing the event and noted that it was the first celebration of its type in the region.
The idea of celebrating a Year of Cultural Exchange was launched by the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, to follow on from a series of activities which began in 2014 with the founding of the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum.
In 2015, the first ministerial meeting of the Forum was held and according to Ambassador Zhang Tuo, this year will see a range of activities of cultural exchange between this sister nation and the countries of the region.

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Cuba-China: An alliance with infinite potential
The two countries signed their first commercial and cultural agreements on July 23, 1960, and since then relations and cooperation have expanded.
Author: Claudia Fonseca Sosa | claudia@granma.cu
july 30, 2015 10:07:1

ON September 28, 1960, Cuba and the People’s Republic of China established diplomatic relations. A few months later, during a visit to China by Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara, the first bilateral agreements on economic and technological cooperation were signed.

China is now the second largest trading partner of the island.
This first contact made by Che in the land of Mao Zedong was of great significance to the young Cuban Revolution, not only because of the magnitude of the contracts, but more importantly because of the recently imposed U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade.
Over the years, as relations between the two countries deepened, reflecting growing mutual trust, trade and economic cooperation expanded.
China is today Cuba’s second most important trade partner, and Chinese participation in several sectors critical to the country’s development has made the relationship strategic.

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