Chinese telecoms giant Huawei signs deal to train thousands of Peruvians in new technology
- The tech giant signed the deal as Peru’s President Dina Boluarte visited its headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen
In an article published by the state-owned newspaper China Daily on Monday, Boluarte also said her visit was “paving the way for greater investment and cooperation” with China in key sectors such as infrastructure development, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, clean energy and people-to-people exchanges.
In a news clip published by China Daily on its WeChat official account, Boluarte was also shown meeting Huawei chairman Liang Hua and testing its new M9 smart car.
She was also expected to visit BYD’s headquarters in Shenzhen to discuss plans for the electric car giant to build a plant in Peru, before travelling on to Shanghai and Beijing, where she will meet her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
While in the southern city, she also visited an exhibition on Inca culture which the president’s office said features more than 150 pre-Columbian items from Peru.
Peru granted the state-owned Chinese shipping firm Cosco exclusive rights to run the port in 2021, but it tried to overturn the decision earlier this year saying it was an “administrative error”.
The government had threatened legal action against Cosco over its business model for the port only to withdraw the lawsuit days before Boluarte’s trip to China.
The Peruvian leader is set to meet representatives from Cosco in Shanghai on Thursday and will also attend a meeting with China Railway Construction, according to Reuters, to discuss plans to build a rail link connecting the Chancay Port with Bolivia and Brazil.
Xi is expected to visit Peru in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and his hosts hope he will also attend the inauguration of the Chancay Port.
The port has also caused concern in the United States, which is worried that it could be used for military purposes in the Pacific.
However, Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen said on Monday: “We do not believe that our friends … like the United States will feel resentful because we’re bringing Chinese investments to Peru.”
“We believe this is an invitation for Western capital to arrive, including from the United States.”