Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong left Beijing Saturday evening for an official visit to Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, from January 23 to February 3.

During his visit, Zeng will attend the opening ceremony of the first ministerial-level meeting of the China-Caribbean forum on trade and economic cooperation in Jamaica on February 2.

Zeng's entourage includes Director of State Administration of Quality Supervision and Quarantine Li Changjiang, Vice Foreign Minister Zhou Wenzhong, Vice Minister of Finance Li Yong, Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, Deputy Director of Policy Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party ofChina He Yiting, and President of Export-Import Bank of China YangZilin.

Zeng was invited by the Mexican government, Vice President of Peru David Waisman, Vice President of Venezuela Jose Vicente Rangel, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning, andthe Jamaican government.

Source: Xinhua