China and Mexico Open New Space for Scientific and Technological Cooperation

We wish to work with the Mexican side to transform the points of convergence of our plans into joint research projects in laboratories, collaborative innovation in production lines, and digital connections in rural areas, thereby opening up a new space for Sino-Mexican scientific and technological cooperation. We welcome Mexico to join the China-CELAC Scientific and Technological Partnership Program and the Young Scientists Exchange Program. As the Chinese Ambassador to Mexico, I am deeply convinced that the strategic alignment between China's 14th Five-Year Plan and Mexico's National Development Plan will not only bring tangible benefits to the peoples of both nations but also provide a valuable reference for countries in the 'Global South' to explore paths of modernization based on shared innovation and mutual benefit. Mexico aspires to move up the value chain in strategic sectors such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and the aerospace industry, transitioning from assembly and manufacturing towards design and research and development. At the same time, China is deepening its 'Artificial Intelligence+' initiative and accelerating the construction of a national integrated computing power network, aiming for the added value of core digital industries to account for around 12.5% of GDP by 2030. Mexico's 'National Development Plan 2025-2030' explicitly proposes building a 'Sovereign Scientific and Technological Power'. We sincerely invite Mexican scientists to apply for the Young Scientific Talents Program to conduct research activities in China, promoting joint research projects and the establishment of collaboration platforms, such as joint laboratories, between universities, research institutions, and tech companies from both countries, thereby fostering a new generation of drivers of Sino-Mexican scientific and technological cooperation. We Chinese have a saying: 'When brothers are of one mind, their sharpness can cut metal.' The year 2026 marks the beginning of China's 14th Five-Year Plan, as well as a crucial year for deepening Mexico's 'National Development Plan 2025-2030'. A detailed reading of both plans reveals, without difficulty, that we share immense potential for scientific and technological cooperation. China is currently in a critical phase to comprehensively advance Chinese modernization with high-quality development. As two major developing countries in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and key members of the 'Global South,' China and Mexico have outlined their respective development plans for the next five years in nearly coinciding timeframes. In the future, both sides can strengthen personnel exchanges, joint research projects, or technology transfer in these fields, putting into practice through concrete actions the concept of developing science and technology for the well-being of the people. We plan to deploy emerging industries in stages, striving not only to consolidate pillar industries like integrated circuits, biomedicine, and the aerospace industry but also to make prospective deployments in future industries such as quantum technology and brain-computer interfaces. The draft of the 14th Five-Year Plan clearly proposes to lead the development of high-quality new productive forces through scientific and technological innovation and to promote the integrated advancement of science, technology, education, and talent. The goal is to double the domestic supply of semiconductors and attract $10 billion in investment by 2030. The high compatibility between the two plans opens up broad space for deepening bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in areas such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, aerospace, clean energy, water resource management, food security, and more.