The two sides have maintained very close cooperation in international organizations and institutes. China is very satisfied with the status quo of bilateral relations and is confident about the future of bilateral ties. China stands ready to work with the Chilean side to establish and develop the all-round cooperative partnership in the new century. President Jiang said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to the development of economic and trade cooperation with Chile. Bilateral trade between China and Chile maintains the momentum of steady growth in recent years.
Chile is now China's second largest trade partner in Latin America.
President Jiang said that the economies of the two countries are complementary and there are great potentials for expanding bilateral trade, expressing China's wish to explore together with Chile the possibility of expanding trade, particularly cooperation in the economic and technical fields. Lagos invited President Jiang to visit Chile next year at his convenient time and President Jiang accepted the invitation with pleasure.