2016年CRI Peruvian entrepreneurs hope to enhance cooperation with China

 

While most of the focus this weekend will be on the APEC leaders, small- and medium-sized companies in Peru are representing themselves in Lima, hoping to drum-up new opportunities through the sessions.

Rafael Gamarra, partner of Bquate, a digital music company, says his firm has global ambitions, which include China.

"APEC has a very good forum¹ for countries to understand where are the other countries right now. We are looking forward to the internationalization of our operations. Since we provided digital services, it's very easy for us to go there. We are currently looking forward to expand our operations creating new branches in Asia Pacific. Not just Latin America, we are also planning to expand to China."

Peruvian companies already have a leg-up on the competition.

A China-Peru Free Trade Agreement went into effect in 2010.

Since its signing, bilateral² trade has remained on an upward trend, hitting nearly 15 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.

China has been Peru's largest trading partner, export market and source of imports for years.

Peru remains³ China's largest destination in Latin America for Chinese investment.

Chinese investments in Peru are wide-ranging, covering areas including mining, hydrocarbons⁴, infrastructure⁵, financial services and more.

Alfonso Bustamante, president of the APEC CEO summit, says he hopes Xi Jinping's time in Peru will help bolster⁶ the already-dynamic trade environment.

"China, as one of the main trade partners and investing countries, is very important to Peru. We also hope that the trade with China will be more and more important. We hope President Xi Jinping can know more of Peru and its openness. Not just the traditional industries that China has invested such as mining industry, China could pay attention to the industry of commercial and agricultural product export."

Beyond money, Peru is also the largest destination in Latin America for Chinese people.

Known locally as "tusan," which is thought to be derived⁷ from "Taishan," a fishing village in Guangdong, people of Chinese ancestry⁸ now make up roughly 5-percent of the population of Peru.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 hydrocarbons   

n.碳氢化合物，烃( hydrocarbon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Hydrocarbons (HC), like carbon monoxide, represent unburned and wasted fuel. 碳氢化合物(HC)像一氧化碳一样，为未燃尽的和被浪费掉的燃料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• With this restricted frequency range it is not applicable to hydrocarbons. 这个较紧缩的频率范围不适用于烃类。 来自辞典例句

5 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

6 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

7 derived   

vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 ancestry   

n.祖先，家世

参考例句：

• Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。
• He is an American of French ancestry.他是法国血统的美国人。