President Cristina made a speech at the luncheon. In her speech, she spoke positively of remarkabie development of eco- nomic and trade relations between Argentina and China, stressing that it was of marked significance for her current visit to China. A series of cooperation agreements involved in transportation, energy, fishing and agriculture etc have been signed re- cently, which was bound to drive the bilateral trade relations to a new high. President Cristina pointed out that since Argentina and China both attached great importance to real economy, the two economies demonstrated a strong risk-resistant capacity in the global financial crisis. She said that Argentina had made much achievement in food industry, tourism, software, agricultural products and auto industries in recent years. In addition, Argentina made a series of polices for stimulating the economic growth and increase trade surplus, downsizing the debt of Argentina to a large extent and improving its anti-risk capacity. President Cristina expressed her great welcome to Chinese entrepreneurs to Argentina for developing business there and exploring more opportunities for the cooperation between the two countries.