(Kaieteur News) – China on Friday underscored its growing economic engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), revealing that trade between Jiangsu Province and the region reached US$57.2 billion in 2025, accounting for more than 10 per cent of China’s total trade with LAC.

The figures were disclosed at the opening of the 2026 Conference on Cooperation between Jiangsu (Yangzhou) and Latin American and Caribbean Countries, held at the International Conference Hall of the Yangzhou State Guesthouse and hosted by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government.

The conference brought together diplomats from Latin American and Caribbean missions across China, senior Chinese Government officials, academics, international students and journalists to discuss expanding cooperation in trade, investment, technology, culture and education.