中国共产党十一届三中全会以来，随着改革开放政策的具体实施和拉美市场的逐步开放，中国与拉美地区的经贸关系发展迅速。一、中拉贸易大幅度增长据中国外经贸部和海关的统计，１９９７年中国与拉美的贸易总额从１９７８年的７．３６亿美元增至８３．７６亿美元，增长１０... Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the concrete implementation of the policy of reform and opening up and the gradual opening up of the Latin American market, the economic and trade relations between China and Latin America have developed rapidly. I. Significant Growth of Trade with China and Latin America According to the statistics of China’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Customs, the total trade volume between China and Latin America in 1997 increased from 736 million U.S. dollars in 1978 to 8.376 billion U.S. dollars, up 10%.