China strengthens cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean
On Thursday, April 11, the headquarters of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was the setting for a new and important meeting of CLACSO with a delegation from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), headed by its president, Gao Xiang.
The meeting fostered the exchange of opinions and analysis on the current situation in the world in general, and in Latin America in particular, and marked a new step in consolidating China's cooperation with our region.
Completing the CASS delegation were: Xu Jincheng, Director General of the Head Office; Yao Zhizhong, Director General of the International Cooperation Office; Chai Yu, Director General of the Institute of Latin American Studies; Xu Qiong, Director of the Americas and Oceania Division of the International Cooperation Office; Chen Le, from the Head Office; Yang Zhimin, Director of the Department of Regional Cooperation in Latin America, Institute of Latin American Studies; Yue Yunxia, Director of the Economic Department, Institute of Latin American Studies; Han Han, from the Institute of Latin American Studies; Li Haomin, from the Institute of Latin American Studies; and Wang Linying, Program Officer, Americas and Oceania Division, International Cooperation Office.
Representing the Executive Secretariat of CLACSO were: Pablo Vommaro, Academic Secretary; Laura Gastón, Administrative Director; Gustavo Lema, Director of Communication and Information; Fernanda Pampín, Director of Editorial Production; Alejandro Gambina and Magdalena Rauch, Coordinators of the Training and Postgraduate Network; Natalia Gianatelli, Research Coordinator; as well as Gabriel Merino, Co-coordinator of the Working Group “China on the Map of World Power”.
Among other joint activities and productions, we can highlight that on June 24, 2021, an agreement was signed agreement between both organizations, which, as highlighted at the time by the Executive Director of CLACSO, Karina Batthyány, “marks a milestone in cooperation between academic institutions of the Global South, which will allow us to carry out training, exchange and publication activities, and undertake joint research projects… This agreement is part of the South-South Cooperation for Development agenda, and expresses the solidarity between peoples and countries to promote well-being and development goals.”
Also, at the 2023 Beijing International Book Fair, the book "A Brief History of the People's Republic of China" was presented. This work is the result of significant collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies and a co-publication between CLACSO and Contemporary China Publishing House, as part of partnerships with China and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This work covers seventy years of the People's Republic of China's history, from its founding in 1949 to the celebration of its 70th anniversary on October 1, 2019, and addresses decades of progress and development for the Chinese people. It analyzes the country's contributions to other developing nations, offering a different model of modernization and various forms of international cooperation, with the aim of providing a guide for readers who wish to learn more about contemporary China.
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