On November 2, Lin Baojin, Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People’s Congress, met with Chilean Senator Enrique Lee and his delegation in Fuzhou.

Lin Baojin extended a warm welcome to Enrique Lee and his delegation and gave a brief overview of Fujian’s high-quality economic and social development. He noted that President Xi Jinping worked in Fujian for 17 and a half years, during which time he personally led and advanced the province’s reform, opening up, and modernization drive, leaving behind an invaluable legacy of thought, spirit, and practical achievements. Currently, Fujian is accelerating its efforts to build itself into a strong province in foreign trade, a major province in investment attraction, and a strong province in opening up, and striving to play a pioneering role in comprehensively deepening reform and expanding high-standard opening up. This presents great opportunities for Fujian and Chile to enhance practical cooperation across the board.

Lin Baojin expressed hope that both sides would take this visit as an opportunity to enhance experience sharing on urban governance, and promote mutual learning and practical cooperation in housing construction, community building, urban renewal, protection and utilization of historical and cultural heritage, smart governance, green and low-carbon development, and urban resilience. He called for closer exchanges between local legislative bodies for experience sharing on local governance and legislative practices, so as to contribute, at the subnational level, to China-Chile friendship. He also encouraged both sides to expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges, promote cooperation in culture and tourism, education, and think tanks, jointly tell the stories of China-Chile friendship, and foster mutual understanding and affinity between the two peoples.

Enrique Lee remarked that Fujian boasts highly competitive industries with local features, sustained momentum in its opening up, and impressive economic and social progress. He hoped to further enhance exchanges and engagement with Fujian, and continuously promote practical cooperation in more sectors for mutual benefit, win-win results and common development.