On June 15， Hu Henghua， Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Mayor of Chongqing， met with H.E. Sergio Cabrera， Ambassador of Columbia to China.

Zhang Guozhi， Vice Mayor of Chongqing and Luo Qingquan， Secretary-General of the Chongqing Municipal Government， attended the meeting.

Hu Henghua welcomed H.E. Sergio Cabrera on behalf of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and the Chongqing Municipal Government. He mentioned that President Xi Jinping delivered a video speech in March 2021 to the people in Columbia， showing the way forward for the relationship between the two sides. Chongqing will fully implement the guiding principles of his speech and deepen the friendly cooperation between Chongqing and Columbia. Chongqing is now putting into practice the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress and propelling Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-Hub Mega Region and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor （ILSTC） to build a modern socialist new Chongqing in all respects. In recent years， major achievements have been made through cooperation between two sides in multiple sectors. In 2021， Chongqing participated in China Brand Show （Columbia） as the guest city of honor and set up the Chongqing Brand Exhibition Center （Columbia） in Medellin. Chongqing is ready to work with Columbia in strengthening people-to-people exchange and expand cooperation in sectors including investment， trade， tourism， education， art， sports， and so on to bring benefits to the two peoples.

H.E. Sergio Cabrera noted that Chongqing is an important economic hub for opening-up in Western China. This was his first visit to Chongqing and he had first-hand experiences of its charm. “Columbia is willing to deepen economic cooperation and people-to-people exchange between the two sides， strengthen ties between Chongqing and Medellin as sister cities and link business circles from the two sides. Columbia welcomes investors from Chongqing to invest and start businesses.”

Attendees also included representatives from departments of Chongqing.

6月15日，市委副書記、市長胡衡華會見了哥倫比亞駐華大使卡夫雷拉。

副市長張國智，市政府秘書長羅清泉參加。

胡衡華代表市委、市政府歡迎卡夫雷拉來渝訪問。他說，2021年3月，習近平主席向哥倫比亞民眾發(fā)表視頻講話，為中哥關系發(fā)展指明了方向。重慶將積極落實習近平主席重要講話精神，持續(xù)深化與哥倫比亞友好合作。當前，我們正深入貫徹中共二十大精神，加快成渝地區(qū)雙城經濟圈建設、陸海新通道建設等國家戰(zhàn)略實施，全面建設現代化新重慶。近年來，重慶與哥倫比亞在諸多領域合作取得明顯成效，特別是2021年，重慶作為主賓市參加了中國品牌商品（哥倫比亞）展，并在麥德林市設立了重慶商品（哥倫比亞）展示中心。我們愿與哥方一道，進一步加強人員往來，拓展投資貿易、文旅、教育、藝術、體育等領域合作，更好造福兩地人民。

卡夫雷拉說，重慶是中國西部地區(qū)重要經濟中心和開放門戶，這是我第一次來到重慶訪問，親身感受到了這座城市的獨特魅力。我們愿進一步加強與重慶的經貿合作和人文交流，推動麥德林市與重慶市深化友城交往，積極為雙方工商界交流合作牽線搭橋，歡迎更多重慶企業(yè)赴哥倫比亞投資興業(yè)。

市有關部門負責人參加。