Kang Yi Met with Márcio Pochmann, President of IBGE, and the Two Sides Singed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation
On the morning of September 25, Kang Yi, Commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS of China), met with Márcio Pochmann, President of the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE). The two sides signed “The Memorandum of Understanding between the National Bureau of Statistics of China and the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica”.
Commissioner Kang Yi extended a warm welcome to Mr. Pochmann on his visit. He noted that for a long time, Chinese and Brazilian statistical organizations maintain friendly cooperation under the BRICS cooperation mechanism, and by signing this MOU, a new chapter of statistical cooperation between China and Brazil is opened. Under the framework of this MOU, NBS of China stands ready to have closer and more practical cooperation with IBGE, promotes exchange and mutual leaning to better address common challenges.
Mr. Pochmann expressed his gratitude for the warm reception of the NBS of China. He said that the signing of this MOU is the achievement of joint efforts of both Brazilian and Chinese statistical organizations, which is of great significance to further deepen the pragmatic cooperation between the two sides. He hopes that going forward, the IBGE will engage in more communications and exchanges with the NBS of China in more fields to jointly promote the development in statistics among BRICS countries.