3 96 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation ChinareachedanFTAwasChile.InNovember2008 , ChinaandPeruconcluded theirFTAnegotiations.Inearly2009 , ChinaandCostaRicaofficiallystarted theirfirstFTAtalks. After15 years of efforts , Chinas entranceinto the InterAmerican DevelopmentBank ( IDB ) wasapprovedbytheothermembercountriesina votingprocesswhichendedon15October2008.Inearly2009 , Chinaformally joinedtheIDB , thusbecomingtheBanks48th membernation , contributing USD350milliontovariousprogrammes.Chinapurchased184shares , or0.004 percentoftheIDBsordinarycapital , whichbecameavailableafterthebreakup ofYugoslavia. ChinaandBraziljointlylaunchedthreeremotesensingsatellitesin1999 , 2003and2007 , respectively.Thiscooperation hasbeenrecognisedasan outstandingexample of SouthSouth cooperationin the hightech field.In October2008 , ChinasuccessfullysentaVenezuelantelecommunicationsatellite into space. The satellite , produced by Chinas Aerospace Science and TechnologyCorporationwithadesignedlongevityof15years , isVenezuelas firsttelecom satelliteandisusedinbroadcasting , teleeducationand medical services. InOctober2004 , a95memberunitofofficersfromChinasriotpoliceforce wassenttoHaititojointheUnitedNationspeacekeepingoperationthere.This isthefirsttimeChinahasincludedmembersofitsriotpoliceforceinoverseas peacekeepingduties.Itstask wastosupporttheinternationalpeacekeeping presenceandlocalpolicetoenforcelaws , dealwith masspublicsecurity emergencies , serveasguardsonimportantpublicoccasionsandorganiseand trainalocalriotpolice.Thistaskwasaccomplishedsuccessfully.InJanuary 2005 , theChinesepeacekeeperswereawardeda UN peace medalfortheir outstandingperformanceinthecrisistorncountry. Therearealsonongovernmentalorpeopletopeoplecontactsandexchanges betweenChinaandLatinAmerica.Morethanonehundredprovincesandcities havebeentwinned. InNovember2008 , Chinapublishedapolicypaperon Latin America , outlining35areasofcooperation.ItexpressedforthefirsttimetheChinese Governmentsdesireto “ viewitsrelationswithLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean instrategicterms ” .ItalsoreiteratedtheChineseGovernmentscommitmentto theoneChinapolicyanddeclaresitthepoliticalbasisfortheestablishmentand developmentofrelationsbetween ChinaandLatin AmericanandCaribbean countriesandregionalorganisations. 2
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