Xi jinping visit to Chile: stay is not only a optical fiber

       Chile's President xi jinping the Latin American tour last stand.Although Chile is a country with a distance as far as China, china-chile relations has been one of the leading enterprises in china-latin America relations.Through this visit, Chile is looking forward to enhancing the level of bilateral ties with China to explore the optimization to improve bilateral free trade arrangements, and deepen cooperation in the field of agriculture, science and technology.
       Chile is China's most distant country, but in developing relations with China has been one of the leading enterprises in Latin America.Chile is the first South American country to establish diplomatic ties with China, the first support for China's accession to the WTO, the first to admit that China's full market economy status, the first China signed free trade agreement (FTA) of Latin American countries.Last year, the region's first RMB clearing in Chile.
China, according to official Chilean President xi jinping on November 22 solstice 23 state visit to Chile.Chile's ambassador to China, George in the 21st century economic report reporter in an interview, the two countries will elevate bilateral relations from a strategic partnership for the comprehensive strategic partnership.

       The article discuss laid the first of the optical fiber

       Please introduce the Chinese President xi jinping's visit to Chile.

       Congratulate to George: this is not the first time that xi jinping visit to Chile, in 2011, he as vice President visited Chile.But this is his first visit to Chile as chairman of the country, have very important significance.This visit has the following key content:

       First, the two countries will elevate bilateral relations from a strategic partnership for the comprehensive strategic partnership (integral strategic association).This is the most important content, the access to mark the deepening and development of china-chile relations.
       Second, we will announce deepen FTA cooperation initiative.Talks on the FTA upgrade is still ongoing, but we already agree on relevant conditions, hope to be completed in 2017.
        Third, we hope to expand agricultural cooperation, this is an important content of our trade.We will set up a Chinese experimental farm in Chile.Two years ago, we built between Beijing and tianjin a Chile farm.
       Fourth, we plan to sign a number of scientific and technological cooperation agreement.The current between the two countries is one of the most successful cooperation of science and technology in the field of astronomy.Chile is the centre of the world's astronomy, is the world's largest ground observatory.At present, there have been three ciic astronomical cooperative research centre built in Chile, there are 14 Chinese astronomers in Chile full-time job.We hope that other scientific research cooperation between the two countries can further deepen, such as the Antarctic research.Chile is the nearest country to the South Pole, in the Antarctic research bases, has relationship with China has established the good research and study.

       Finally, in my opinion is one of the most exciting project, we want to build a Pacific undersea optical fiber (Internet cable), it will be first connect the fiber of Asia and South America, 19000 km long.The current across the Atlantic undersea optical fiber has a 50.The idea to the Chinese government put forward by the government of Chile, the two countries have signed a memorandum of understanding on the feasibility study.As far as I know, technically don't have too big problem, 90% of the fiber in the world is at the bottom of the sea.Now mainly consider the commercial factors.

       Why do you want to build the fiber?

       Congratulate to George: this is in order to improve the speed of data transmission.For example, in the field of astronomy, we need to deal with observation data, needs to improve the speed when the data transmission.At present, the data from China to Chile, you first through North America to Chile.A Chinese astronomer told me that it takes a large amount of data transmission time, they would rather fly to transfer data in Chile.In addition, as in the rise of e-commerce, also in increasing demand on the Internet.Data has become the gold of the 21st century.If we want to further promote the development of economic and trade relations, we need to create better network conditions.