Insights | Peruvian official: China-backed Chancay Port expected to help Peru enter new era of development

(ECNS) -- Chancay Port is a successful project of China-Peru Belt and Road cooperation. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, on Thursday attended the opening ceremony of the Chancay Port via video link.

Recently, Luis Cordero Jon Tay, president of the Peru-China Parliamentary Friendship League, noted in an interview with China News Network that Peru and China have established good relations. He mentioned a flagship Belt and Road project, the China-backed Chancay port, highlighting that with the completion of the Port, Peru will enter a new era of innovation and development.

Tay expressed hope for closer trade relations between Peru and China, believing that bilateral trade exchanges will also help more Peruvians understand Chinese culture. He said 　there are more Chinese restaurants in Peru than neighboring Latin American countries, reflecting a deep fusion of the two countries' culinary traditions.