On December 17, 2020, the Meeting of National Coordinators of the China-CELAC Forum and Online Launching Ceremony of the Cyber Secretariat of the China-CELAC Forum was held via video link. It was co-chaired by China's Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang and Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico and CELAC's Rotating Chair Maximiliano Reyes. Delegates of 23 Latin American and the Caribbean countries having diplomatic relations with China, including Mexico (Brazil did not attend the meeting) and of other 25 countries such as Nicaragua and Guatemala attended the meeting.

Zheng Zeguang briefed on the setup of the Cyber Secretariat of the China-CELAC Forum and the rules governing its operation. He said, this is an important initiative proposed by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Second Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum and also a milestone in the development of the China-CELAC Forum mechanism. China will work with Latin America and the Caribbean to build the Cyber Secretariat into an efficient cooperation platform of the China-CELAC Forum. The delegates of the China-CELAC Forum's member countries to the meeting expressed their congratulations on the launch of the Cyber Secretariat and also their willingness to deepen exchanges and communication with China through this new platform and promote pragmatic cooperation in various fields between China and Latin America and the Caribbean. Zheng Zeguang and the delegates of the participating countries jointly pressed the button to launch the Cyber Secretariat of the China-CELAC Forum.

At the Meeting of National Coordinators of the China-CELAC Forum, the two sides exchanged in-depth views mainly on the preparations for the Third Ministerial Meeting of the Forum and the relations between China and Latin America and the Caribbean. Both sides agreed that the China-CELAC Forum has become the main platform for overall cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Third Ministerial Meeting will be of great significance in leading the development of the relations between China and Latin America and the Caribbean and their overall cooperation in the post-pandemic era. Both sides should work together to make good preparations and ensure the success of the next year's Third Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum.