Ecuador is situated on the equator, from which it takes its name.
厄瓜多尔位于赤道上，因此得名。
The Galapagos Islands, located about 1,000 kilometers west of
Ecuador, are part of this country.
加拉帕戈斯群岛位于厄瓜多尔以西约1000公里处，是这个国家的一部分。
Ecuador's capital, Quito, is known for its well-preserved colonial architecture.
厄瓜多尔的首都基多以其保存完好的殖民地建筑而闻名。
The Andes mountain range runs through
Ecuador, providing breathtaking landscapes and diverse ecosystems.
安第斯山脉贯穿厄瓜多尔，提供了令人叹为观止的风景和多样的生态系统。
Ecuador uses the US dollar as its official currency since 2000.
自2000年以来，厄瓜多尔使用美元作为其官方货币。
The Cotopaxi volcano in
Ecuador is one of the world's highest active volcanoes.
厄瓜多尔的科托帕希火山是世界上最高的活火山之一。
Ecuador has a rich biodiversity, with over 1,600 bird species recorded in the country.
厄瓜多尔拥有丰富的生物多样性，该国记录了超过1600种鸟类。
The Amazon rainforest covers a significant portion of eastern
Ecuador.
亚马逊雨林覆盖了厄瓜多尔东部的大部分地区。
Many indigenous communities in
Ecuador continue to preserve their traditional way of life.
厄瓜多尔的许多土著社区继续保留着他们的传统生活方式。
Ecuador's cuisine is diverse, influenced by the country's varied geography and cultural heritage.
厄瓜多尔的美食多样化，受到该国多样化的地理和文化遗产的影响。
Consumers buying its Perfect Diary products can enjoy special package services and have the boxes enclose a special heart-shaped Anthurium andraeanum, a plant native to Colombia and Ecuador.
购买其完美日记产品的消费者可以享受特殊的包装服务，并在盒子里放上一种原产于哥伦比亚和厄瓜多尔的特殊心形红掌。
"In Myanmar, Sinopharm has set up two hospitals, and they are operating well," said Shi Shengyi, vice-president of Sinopharm and chairwoman of the board of Sinopharm International Corp. "In Ecuador, we provided medical equipment to more than 130 public hospitals and helped them with operations and maintenance.
“在缅甸，国药集团已经建立了两家医院，它们运行良好，”国药集团副总裁、国药集团国际公司董事会主席石圣仪说，“在厄瓜多尔，我们为130多家公立医院提供了医疗设备，并帮助它们进行运营和维护。
Sales of unmanned devices on the rise despite pandemicEntrepreneur Ma Zhiqiang is introducing innovative Chinese technologies, including agricultural drones, to Ecuador, a South American nation known for its crops such as bananas, cocoa and coffee.
尽管受到疫情影响，无人驾驶设备的销售仍在上升。企业家马志强正在向厄瓜多尔引入创新的中国技术，包括农业无人机。这个南美国家以香蕉、可可和咖啡等作物而闻名。
Ma, who used to work as a technician for a Chinese medical equipment company, was sent to Ecuador for eight months in 1982 as part of his duties.
马曾在中国一家医疗设备公司担任技术员，1982年他作为工作的一部分被派往厄瓜多尔待了八个月。
Attracted by the nation's beautiful and diverse landscape, after returning home to China, he quit his job and returned to Ecuador to start a business.
被这个国家美丽多样的风景所吸引，他回到中国后辞掉了工作，再次回到厄瓜多尔创业。
Due to a shortage of smart agricultural equipment, most farmers in Ecuador still rely on manpower to seed, fertilize and spray pesticides on their land.
由于智能农业设备的短缺，厄瓜多尔的大多数农民仍然依赖人力来播种、施肥和喷洒农药。
"I found that although the agricultural economy in Ecuador is developed, local farmers often face a heavy financial burden and low profit margins.
我发现尽管厄瓜多尔的农业经济较为发达，但当地农民常常面临着沉重的财务负担和低利润的问题。
"Chinese agricultural drones have taken the lead in high-precision navigation and spraying, so I wanted to introduce cutting-edge Chinese technologies and products to Ecuador," Ma added, noting that fully automated drones are ideal for use on banana plantations.
马先生补充道：“中国的农业无人机在高精度导航和喷洒方面处于领先地位，因此我想将这些先进的中国技术和产品引入厄瓜多尔。”他指出，全自动无人机在香蕉种植园中非常适用。
"Next, we plan to establish a long-term cooperation mechanism with local governments and educational institutions in Ecuador to promote drone technology and equipment through schools and other institutions," Ma said.
马接着说：“接下来，我们计划与厄瓜多尔的地方政府和教育机构建立长期合作机制，通过学校和其他机构推广无人机技术和设备。”
Two days later, China Railway Construction Corp Ltd launched its copper mine project in Ecuador.
两天后，中国铁建股份有限公司在厄瓜多尔启动了铜矿项目。
They are Canada, Indonesia, Mozambique, Brazil, Romania, Thailand, Ecuador, and Singapore.
The capsule, a traditional Chinese medicine used in the treatment of influenza, has been approved for sale as a medicine, food supplement or natural health product in a dozen countries and regions, including Brazil, Romania, Thailand and Ecuador.
A shining example in this regard is a project in Ecuador.
The subsidiary signed a contract with Ecuador's health authorities in 2014 to provide new equipment and devices to 120 hospitals and medical centers in the country, the first such project between a Chinese company and the country's government.
In Ecuador, the lives of a lot of people were saved by dialing 911, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake jolted its north coast on April 16, 2016, killing 673 civilians.
The project started in 2011 and now there are 16 ECU 911 call centers across Ecuador, including two national ones in the capital city of Quito and the other in Guayaquil, its most populous city.
The ship loaded with 3,000 twenty-foot-equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods, such as bananas and white prawns, left the Guayaquil port in Ecuador on Dec 28.
The route links the Dalian port with ports in Colombia and Ecuador as well as other major ports on the west coast of South America.
China's trade volume with Serbia and Ecuador, she said, would grow after they finalize their domestic procedures for bilateral FTAs this year.
To further enrich bilateral business ties, China signed FTAs with Serbia and Ecuador in 2023.
Once these FTAs come into effect, as much as 90 percent of the goods traded between China and Ecuador will be exempted from tariffs, while 60 percent of them will immediately enjoy zero tariffs, data from China's Ministry of Commerce showed.
Meanwhile, Nicaragua becomes China's 28th free trade partner, and the fifth in Latin America following Chile, Peru, Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Zhou Zhigao, deputy head of competition coordination at the SAMR, said China is also actively driving an institutional environment of fair competition for multilateral and bilateral free trade, and has set up a special chapter on competition policy in free trade agreements with seven economies that are involved in the BRI and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, such as Serbia and Ecuador.
This year the company will bring kirin fruit to the CIIE, a kind of dragon fruit from Ecuador, which is the first time that Chinese customs have approved the fruit to be able enter the market, according the Goodfarmer.
QUITO — The recently signed free trade agreement between Ecuador and China will enhance trade exchanges and bilateral relations that will lead to mutual benefits, according to officials and experts.
"I must express the enormous joy I feel at having finalized this free trade agreement between Ecuador and the People's Republic of China," Guillermo Lasso, President of Ecuador, said following the signing on May 10.
The pact was signed by China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Ecuador's Minister for Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries Julio Prado via video conference after a year of negotiations, according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
"It puts Ecuador on the map of Asia and makes China (Ecuador's) largest supplier of consumer goods, raw materials and capital goods, which will contribute to improving the competitiveness of Ecuador's industry," said Prado.
"The specific potential of this agreement, from the perspective of exports, is an additional $3 to $4 billion over the next 10 years," Prado said, adding that Ecuador's employment outlook is also poised to benefit.
Ecuador is the fourth Latin American country to sign an FTA with China, after Chile, Peru and Costa Rica.
The FTA needs to be approved and ratified by the Constitutional Court and the National Assembly of Ecuador before taking effect.
China is Ecuador's second-largest trading partner.
Alberto Acosta, an economic consultant and international analyst, said the signing of the FTA with China "is excellent news" for Ecuador, adding that it would increase trade and strengthen bilateral relations.
China inked a free trade agreement with Ecuador on Thursday to further tap the potential of trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and Julio Jose Prado; Ecuador's Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries; signed the agreement on behalf of the respective governments via video link, the MOC said in a news releases published on its website.
China and Ecuador will keep their markets open to each other with higher standards through the trade pact and foster a more favorable, convenient, transparent and stable business environment for enterprises, the MOC said.
China has recently concluded negotiations for a free-trade agreement with Ecuador and will advance negotiations for the 3.0 version of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area agreement this year, according to information released by the Ministry of Commerce earlier this week.
MOC highlights ties with the Philippines, Ecuador, and evolving COVID measuresChina will expand imports of high-quality Philippine products and support Chinese companies to invest in the Southeast Asian country, particularly in the fields of green and digital economies, said China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday.
China and Ecuador have reached preliminary consensus at a technical level in their free trade agreement or FTA talks, after more than 10 months of intensive negotiations, Shu said.
China and Ecuador have reached preliminary consensus at a technical level in their free trade agreement talks after more than 10 months of intensive negotiations, said China's Ministry of Commerce.
- Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has spoken highly of the start of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Ecuador and China, saying that increasing exports to China will generate growth opportunities for his country.
Lasso, who concluded his official visit to China last week, made the remarks at a press conference here on Wednesday, where he elaborated the benefits of the negotiations for Ecuador.
"The president emphasized the need to improve and diversify exports beyond top products such as pitahaya, noting, "Selling more shrimp and more bananas to China means more employment in Ecuador.
""I believe that a small country like Ecuador with 17.7 million inhabitants has many opportunities in that large market of 1.4 billion inhabitants.
It is very positive for Ecuador," Lasso said.
While its bumpy recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic does not allow for a great economic leap to enhance employment, Ecuador may "find a positive path in China" towards growth through increasing trade openness, he said.
In recent years, economic and trade cooperation between China and Ecuador has achieved remarkable results, with significant growth in bilateral trade, said China's Ministry of Commerce in a statement earlier this week.
China has been Ecuador's second-largest trading partner for two consecutive years.
China and Ecuador have officially launched negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement, according to an online statement from China's Ministry of Commerce on Sunday.
Wang Wentao, commerce minister of China, and Julio José Prado, minister of production, foreign trade, investments and fisheries of Ecuador, recently signed a memorandum of understanding on launching the China-Ecuador free trade agreement negotiations, which marked the two nations' official entry into the negotiations, the statement said.
Trade volume between the two nations surged by 44.5 percent year-on-year to hit $10.95 billion, making China Ecuador's second-largest trading partner for two successive years.
Nine 35,000-tonne container vessels operated by Wan Hai Lines will serve the route, passing major ports of call in several countries, including Mexico, Panama, Columbia and Ecuador, according to company representative Marc Shia.
China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative has offered an opportunity to develop Ecuador's infrastructure and achieve connectivity to enhance its trade, tourism and business ties with the rest of the world.
The consortium's input has made a great impact, as Ecuador in general, and Manta in particular, are very grateful, Parrales said, "because without these contributions, Manta's airport could not have been realized".
"Ecuador's government sees the new airport as an axis of development and a gateway for thousands of business opportunities that will help spur the local economy and contribute to national progress.
Adriano Zambrano, administrator of the airport, believes Ecuador has two factors it should take advantage of: its ties with China and its geographic location.
"The highways CRBC-CEIEC is building are set to benefit about 500,000 inhabitants along Ecuador's northern coast and mountain range who rely on trade in plants like palm, cacao and palmetto.
Ecuadorian flower growers generated nearly $11 million in sales to China in 2018, according to Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Trade.
Chinese consumers are especially fond of Ecuador's tinted natural roses, which come in a variety of shades and color combinations, and preserved roses, Santiago Luzuriaga, the general manager of export firm Bella Rosa, said.
Like many of Ecuador's flower exporters, Bella Rosa is located in Tabacundo, a city in the northern province of Pichincha nicknamed "World Rose Capital," due to its vast output.
Ecuador is home to about 500 rose farms that cultivate more than 3,100 hectares and over 400 varieties of roses.
Performers from Ecuador and Peru will participate in the event for the first time.
Gong said farmers in Brazil, Ecuador, Chile and other South American countries with complex terrain attach more importance to the flexibility and precision of spraying, and farm drones are mainly used in banana, cocoa, coffee and sugar cane plantations.
The company has seen a bigger presence in many markets, including Kuwait, Nigeria, Ecuador, Chile and Saudi Arabia especially, where the company's sales increased 88 percent year-on-year in 2021, Zeng said.
“曾（Zeng）表示，公司在多个市场中的影响力有所增强，特别是在科威特、尼日利亚、厄瓜多尔、智利以及沙特阿拉伯等国家。尤其是在2021年，公司在沙特阿拉伯的销售额同比增长了88%。”
Besides Colombia, the BYD new energy buses have also entered into Latin America markets such as Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica, Uruguay, and Argentina, the report said.
Currently, the company's business in the American market covers the US, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador and Uruguay.
The company has sales subsidiaries in South Africa, Russia and Australia, as well as assembly plants in Ecuador, Malaysia and Bulgaria.
The market share of Chinese-made automobiles in Ecuador have increased rapidly over the past three years, currently ranking third in sales volumes, showed data recently released by Ecuador's Association of Automotive Companies (AEADE).
Genaro Baldeon, AEADE's president, noted that Chinese vehicles in Ecuador "gained ground very quickly," and attributed the increased sales largely to the consumer confidence in Chinese manufacturing.
"They have earned the confidence of the consumer in Ecuador and it's not an isolated phenomenon," he said.
China, as the world's leading car market, also boasts a competitive edge in manufacturing, said Baldeon, which "translates into better pricing conditions, and along with permanent innovation, they guarantee a good reception not just in Ecuador, but in international markets.
Chinese auto brands selling in Ecuador include BAIC, Brilliance, BYD, Changan, Changhe, Chery, Lifan, Foton, Great Wall, JAC, JMC, and Shineray.
Ecuador's customs statistics showed 19,665 vehicles were imported from China in 2018, compared to 11,372 in 2017.
A leader in heavy-duty vehicle sales in Asia, FAW is looking to expand exports to Ecuador, where it unveiled four tractor trailers and dump trucks at Quito's Expo Center.
The latest versions of these heavy vehicles are tougher and more efficient than ever before, and poised to help Ecuador's productive industry, the company said.
"The FAW Group will promote the sale of heavy trucks (in Ecuador), letting China's best trucks contribute to the country's economic construction," FAW's representative Si Xueqiang said.
Gabriela Grijalva, the company's sales manager in Ecuador, said FAW plans to have dealerships in Quito and Guayaquil, the country's leading cities.
Another eight models are expected to arrive in Ecuador by July, said Grijalva.
Ecuador, South Africa, Peru, Malaysia, Russia and Australia are the key export markets, Wang said.
In 2018, JAC aims to reach the sales target of 30,000 units across Latin America－including Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela－David Zhang, the company's deputy general manager, told the Xinhua News Agency in an interview.
The company first entered the Latin American market in 2007, in Chile and Peru, and today has entered Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia.
As confirmed cases of the deadly virus rise overseas, the company's AI auxiliary diagnostic system has been used in hospitals in over 40 countries and regions, including Ecuador, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
Domestic companies' expertise in artificial intelligence, 5G and cloud computing strengthens many nations' efforts to save livesAs the novel coronavirus outbreak affects people's lives and work around the world, a post by Otto Sonnenholzner, vice-president of Ecuador, recently caught the attention of many.
Sonnenholzner said in a Twitter post that Ecuador became the first country in Latin America to have an artificial-intelligence-enabled auxiliary diagnostic system in two local hospitals.
The AI-system is offered by Huawei Cloud, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co, and its partner－Beijing-based AI company Huiying Medical Technology Co Ltd. Zheng Yelai, president of Huawei Cloud, said it took only 14 hours for Huawei and Huiying to connect the AI-enabled system to a hospital in Ecuador.
Huawei Cloud, its cloud computing unit, partnered with AI company Huiying Medical Technology to offer AI-enabled auxiliary diagnostic systems to hospitals in Ecuador.
Ecuadorian Vice-President Otto Sonnenholzner recently said in a post on social media that, thanks to the support of Huawei Cloud, Ecuador has become the first country in Latin America to have an AI-enabled auxiliary diagnostic system in two local hospitals.
"According to the company, it took only 14 hours for Huawei and Huiying to connect the system to a hospital in Ecuador.
For instance, Huawei Cloud, the cloud computing unit of the Chinese tech major, and artificial intelligence company Huiying Medical Technology Co Ltd are offering AI-enabled auxiliary diagnostic systems to hospitals in Ecuador.
Otto Sonnenholzner, vice-president of Ecuador, said in a post on a social media platform on Sunday that thanks to the support of Huawei Cloud, Ecuador has become the first country in Latin America to have an AI-enabled auxiliary diagnostic system in two local hospitals.
"According to the company, it took only 14 hours for Huawei and Huiying to connect the AI-enabled system to a hospital in Ecuador.
Huawei Cloud, the cloud computing unit of the Chinese tech major, and artificial intelligence company Huiying Medical Technology Co Ltd, are offering AI-enabled auxiliary diagnostic systems to hospitals in Ecuador.
Otto Sonnenholzner, Vice President of Ecuador, said in a social media post on Sunday that thanks to the support of Huawei Cloud, Ecuador is the first country in Latin America to have an AI-enabled auxiliary diagnostic system in two local hospitals.
According to the company, it took only 14 hours for Huawei and Huiying to connect the AI-enabled system to a hospital in Ecuador.
BEIJING — The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) announced Tuesday that its board of governors had approved the Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Belarus and Ecuador to join the Bank.
Lawmakers also ratified an extradition treaty with Ecuador, and approved a deputy qualification report and personnel appointments and removals.
Lawmakers also deliberated an extradition treaty with Ecuador.
The diplomats represented Russia, Cuba, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Panama, Dominica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Tonga, the Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Iceland, Latvia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Spain, Estonia, Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Belgium, Norway, Albania, New Zealand, Canada, and other countries.
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