The purpose of the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Central America (Assecca), which will be based in Costa Rica, is to improve the promotion of their work in the region, create alliances and provide support in the different activities carried out in Central America.

"... The new association named as its president Zhou Jingxiong, a senior business manager from China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) and during this first session approved the work plan for 2016. The Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in San Jose will host the new partnership, a nonprofit organization that seeks to establish relationships with local entrepreneurs in order to develop business. "

Prensa.com reports that "... An Dali, Assecca's vice president and general manager of the Office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Costa Rica, told Xinhua that although several Chinese companies have invested in Costa Rica over the past eight years after the start of diplomatic relations between the two countries; in Central America there are other Chinese companies who have come here to invest on their own. "

Source: Prensa.com

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