Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business, the Hon. Christopher Sinckler, and the People's Republic of China Vice Minister of Commerce, Ma Xiuhong, exchanging documents after the signing of the agreements.

 Barbados should look forward to much more technical and financial assistance from the People’s Republic of China in the wake of the two important agreements signed by both governments earlier this week in Beijing. That is the intimation from Barbados’ Foreign Minister, Christopher Sinckler, who was speaking shortly after the signing ceremony in the imposing and equally majestic Great Hall of the People. He initialed the agreement on behalf of Barbados, while Ma Xiuhong, China’s Vice Minister of Commerce, signed on behalf of her country.