Hu Henghua Meeting with Alberto Blanco Silva, Ambassador of Cuba to China

On March 19, Hu Henghua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Mayor of Chongqing Municipal Government, met with Alberto Blanco Silva, Ambassador of Cuba to China, and his delegation.

Zhang Guozhi, Vice Mayor of Chongqing Municipal Government, attended the meeting.

On behalf of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Chongqing Municipal Government, Hu Henghua extended a warm welcome to Alberto Blanco Silva and his delegation, highlighting that China and Cuba are good friends, comrades, and brothers. The special friendship will be deepened in the new era under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state. Chongqing is following through on President Xi Jinpings important instructions and guiding principles. Step-by-step endeavors are made to facilitate the implementation of Chinas national strategies, such as the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-Hub Mega-Region, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the development of Chinas strategic hinterland, and thus bring the modernization drive of New Chongqing to a new height. Chongqing is ready to work with Cuba to keep up closer exchanges at all levels and facilitate cooperation in domains such as trade, automobiles, motorcycles, biomedicine, culture, and art, thus achieving win-win outcomes and pursuing common development.

Alberto Blanco Silva introduced the socio-economic development of Cuba. He was impressed by the significant changes in Chongqing over the years since his first visit and expected more extensive collaboration in fields such as industry, new energy, logistics, and culture based on the important consensus made by the two heads of state. He invited Chongqing companies to invest and operate in special economic zones in Cuba and usher in a new chapter of friendly cooperation.

3月19日，市委副書記、市長胡衡華會見了古巴大使白詩德一行。

副市長張國智參加。

胡衡華代表市委、市政府歡迎白詩德一行來渝訪問。胡衡華說，中國和古巴是好朋友、好同志、好兄弟，在兩國元首戰(zhàn)略引領下，新時代中古特殊友好關系持續(xù)深化。當前，重慶正深入貫徹習近平主席重要指示精神，扎實推動成渝地區(qū)雙城經(jīng)濟圈、陸海新通道、長江經(jīng)濟帶高質(zhì)量發(fā)展、國家戰(zhàn)略腹地建設等國家戰(zhàn)略落地實施，推進現(xiàn)代化新重慶建設邁上新臺階。我們愿同古方一道，持續(xù)加強各層級交往，推動貿(mào)易、汽車摩托車、生物醫(yī)藥、文化藝術等領域合作，實現(xiàn)共贏發(fā)展。

白詩德介紹了古巴經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展情況。他說，多年后再次來到重慶，親身感受到了這座城市的巨大變化。我們將落實好兩國元首達成的重要共識，進一步拓展與重慶在工業(yè)、新能源、物流、文化等方面合作空間，歡迎重慶企業(yè)來古巴經(jīng)濟特區(qū)投資興業(yè)，譜寫友好交流合作新篇章。