AUDLEY Shaw is currently in Zhuhai, China, where he addressed the 12th annual conference of China — Latin America and Caribbean Countries yesterday.

The minister of industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries 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, a release from the ministry said yesterday.

He left the island earlier this week to represent Jamaica at the conference.

The release said in his address, 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.

He also highlighted Jamaica’s major role as a premier tourist location and noted the fast-growing business process outsourcing sector, naming Jamaica as the third-largest English-speaking country in the western hemisphere.

The release said the minister also said that Jamaica is the most mature financial market in the Caribbean region.

On the weekend Shaw is expected to join Minister Daryl Vaz and Jampro executives at the China International Import Expo 2018, a major trade show in Shanghai, China.

The release said Shaw is accompanied in Zhuhai by Antonio Hugh, Jamaica’s ambassador to China, and Nicholas Sutherland, new market development manager of Jampro.