Storyline: A Colombian business organization leader commended the China-CELAC (the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum for creating great cooperation opportunities to promote all-round socio-economic development for all regional countries, including Colombia. The fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum opened in Beijing on Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the meeting and delivered a keynote speech. In an online interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Ingrid Tatiana Chaves, executive director of the Colombian Chinese Chamber of Investment and Commerce, said Colombia is enjoying the development dividend of the cooperation mechanism, especially after Colombia succeeded Honduras in assuming CELAC's rotating presidency in April this year. China is Colombia's second-largest trading partner, and Colombia is China's fifth-largest trading partner in Latin America. Meanwhile, China is also taking the lead in some trade sectors with Colombia in the first quarter, according to Chaves. Shotlist{ FILE: Bogota, Colombia - Feb 7, 2020: 1. National flag of Colombia FILE: Colombia - July 15, 2022: 2. Various of traffic FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown: 3. Various of Chinese national flag, Tian'anmen Rostrum, ornamental column Bogota, Colombia - May 7, 2025: 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ingrid Tatiana Chaves, executive director of Colombian Chinese Chamber of Investment and Commerce (partially overlaid with shots 5-6): "The forum gives Latin America and not just Latin America, but Colombia, specifically this time, in this moment, where [Colombian] President [Gustavo] Petro is the select president [of CELAC]. We expect even deeper collaboration in areas like clean energy, that is kind of in the strategy of Colombian government, food security, digital transformation, logistics, processing and improvements." [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Department of Antioquia, Colombia - Date Unknown: 5. Aerial shot of Chinese-built Ituango hydropower plant 6. Aerial shot of Cauca River [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Beijing, China - Dec 3, 2021: 7. Various of screen showing attendees at third Ministers' Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum Bogota, Colombia - May 7, 2025: 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ingrid Tatiana Chaves, executive director of Colombian Chinese Chamber of Investment and Commerce (partially overlaid with shots 9-10): "The CELAC forum has elevated Latin America's strategic importance in global cooperation, providing a platform for countries like Colombia, in this case, to engage with China in a deeper way in shaping shared solutions, because, as you know, Colombia has been really close to the United States, and the relations with the U.S. that is our first commercial ally in terms of imports and exports. Right now, actually, China is taking a good place, and this year, in the first three months, it's already in a better place than the United States in terms of imports. And we are proud that Colombia and China have just elevated their relationship to a strategic level when President Petro went to China in 2023. This created more trust and opened the door for bigger and more impactful projects." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Bogota, Colombia - May 15, 2019: 9. Pedestrians FILE: Bogota, Colombia - July 2, 2017: 10. Traffic [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE:Barranquilla, Colombia - June 6-7, 2024: 11. Aerial shots of cityscape. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]