KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw left the island earlier this week to represent Jamaica at the 12th annual conference of China – Latin America and Caribbean Countries being held in Zhuhai, China.

Shaw today addressed the conference and highlighted Jamaica’s growing economic relationship with China, including major infrastructural projects such as highways and road construction, housing developments and revival of the bauxite/alumina sector, the ministry said.

In his address, the ministry said Shaw cited Jamaica as a strategic location in the western hemisphere to become a major logistics hub for the manufacturing and assembly of goods for sale.

Shaw also cited Jamaica’s role as a premier tourist location and noted the fast-growing business processes outsourcing sector, naming Jamaica as the third largest English-speaking country in the western hemisphere, and the most mature financial market in the Caribbean region.

Shaw will, on the weekend, join colleague Minister Daryl Vaz and JAMPRO executives at the China International Import Expo 2018, a major trade show in Shanghai, China.

Shaw is accompanied in Zhuhai by Antonio Hugh, Jamaica’s Ambassador to China and Nicholas Sutherland, New Market Development Manager at JAMPRO.