Shenzhen, located in the southeast of the country and considered the Silicon Valley of Asia, is home to some of the most important high-tech companies, such as Huawei, ZTE, BYD, Tencent and DJI, among others.
Cosse heads a public-private delegation that will visit China from January 31 to Tuesday, February 6, to increase trade with that Asian power and deepen cooperation in information and communication technologies. The trip is part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations, as well as the strategic partnership promoted by both governments.
The Uruguayan delegation is composed of Ambassador Fernando Lugris, the executive director of Uruguay XXI, Antonio Carámbula, the president of the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology, Leonardo Loureiro, the director of Secondary Education, Celsa Puente, among other officials.
The Chinese representation was completed by Xu Zhibin, deputy director general of the Commission of Economy, Trade and Information Technology of the local municipality, and Yao Weizhi, deputy director general of the Foreign Affairs Office of the municipal People's Government. Also present were Huang Shifang, deputy director general of the Shenzhen Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Guo Rui, deputy director of American and Oceanic Affairs of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.
The Secretary of State acknowledged that Chinese companies such as ZTE and Huawei have contributed to the transformation of the telecommunications sector in our country. She also informed her Chinese counterpart that in Uruguay 60% of homes have fiber optic connection, referred to the route of the submarine cable directly to the United States and the recent inauguration of the Antel Data Center.
In another passage, Cosse pointed out that Uruguay has grown uninterruptedly during the last 14 years and that the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita went from 5,000 dollars in 2005 to 15,000 dollars at present. The hierarch added that our country has developed the software industry with export vocation, while betting on electronics. "We come to offer services for China to enter Latin America and to learn," she said. He also highlighted the change in the electricity matrix, which in the last decade reached 97% of generation from renewable energies and the capacity to export electricity to Brazil and Argentina. Meanwhile, Gao Zimin recalled that in May 2017 he held a meeting with authorities of our country, which addressed the increase in trade relations. On that occasion, full support was offered for economic-commercial, scientific-technological and business-to-business collaboration. The host hierarch expressed his willingness to strengthen technological ties between Shenzhen and Uruguay.
In the second activity of the day, the compatriot delegation composed of government representatives, accompanied by entrepreneurs of information technologies, met with authorities of the firm DJI, based in Shenzhen. The company is a leader in the industry of aerial imaging technology and civilian drones and represents 70% of the world market.
Source: La República
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