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Chile was the first country in South America to establish a diplomatic relation-ship with China more than 38 years ago.Since then,with the bilateral free trade agreement in place,Chile has become China's second-largest trading partner in Latin America,and China is currently Chile's largest trading part-ner in the world.In April of 2008,China and Chile signed the Supplementary Agree-ment on Trade in Services of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government ofthe People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Chile in Sanya,Hainan province.This was a historical milestone marking the longstanding relation-ship between China and Chile.