First Ministerial Meeting Of China-CELAC Forum

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 8: (Front seated L-R) Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade Rodrigo Malmierca, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez Sanz, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Chinese Director of National Development and Reform Commission Xu Shao Shi and Bahamas Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell attend the First Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Carribean States (China-CELAC) at the Diaoyutai Guesthouse on January 8, 2015 in Beijing, China. The forum aims to gather officials of China and 33-member nations and states of the CELAC to boost bilateral ties. (Photo by Rolex Dela Pena-Pool/Getty Images)