On August 12, Yang Qinglong, Party Secretary and Chairman of SIE met with Gustavo Diaz Hidalgo, Consul General of Chile in Chengdu. The two sides exchanged views on deepening the economic and trade cooperation between Sichuan and Chile through exhibitions and conferences. As noted by Chairman Yang Qinglong, the group is willing to build a platform to facilitate the trade exchanges between Sichuan and Chile. Consul General Gustavo Diaz Hidalgo expressed that efforts will be made to deepen the exchanges and cooperation between Sichuan and Chile in terms of investment, tourism, culture, etc, and wish to promote deeper and wider understanding about Chile by acting as the Guest Country of Honor of this year's Agricultural Expo.