Chinese telecoms giant Huawei signs deal to train thousands of Peruvians in new technology

The tech giant signed the deal as Peru’s President Dina Boluarte visited its headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen

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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte is in China on a week-long visit to attract more investment. Photo: Handout

Published: 8:00pm, 26 Jun 2024Updated: 8:27pm, 26 Jun 2024

Peru has signed a deal with the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies to train thousands of its citizens in new technology.

President Dina Boluarte visited Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen on Wednesday as part of a week-long visit to China designed to attract more investment.

The Peruvian president’s office said she had signed an agreement to train 20,000 young professionals, women and entrepreneurs from small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in new technologies, especially in artificial intelligence.

In an article published by the state-owned newspaper China Daily on Monday, Boluarte also said her visit was “paving the way for greater investment and cooperation” with China in key sectors such as infrastructure development, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, clean energy and people-to-people exchanges.

In a news clip published by China Daily on its WeChat official account, Boluarte was also shown meeting Huawei chairman Liang Hua and testing its new M9 smart car.

She was also expected to visit BYD’s headquarters in Shenzhen to discuss plans for the electric car giant to build a plant in Peru, before travelling on to Shanghai and Beijing, where she will meet her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

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