Chile has cooperated with China, allowing it to make substantial profits.

Chile's 80s-born president, Gabriel Boric, once visited China to attend a conference.

After arriving, instead of visiting enterprises or attending meetings, he chose to enjoy the scenery.

He even bought Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon mascots and visited local street markets.

Boric could afford to be so relaxed because Chile's economic situation is quite favorable.

Chile is rich in copper mines, a resource that China lacks. Additionally, Chile has a thriving fishing industry.

The export volume of Chilean cherries has increased dozens of times compared to 2008, mainly due to the Chinese people's love for cherries. Consequently, 90% of Chilean cherries are exported to China.

Some farmers who used to grow apples and grapes have switched to growing cherries, and now there are about 500,000 cherry farmers, a significant portion of Chile's 16 million population.

China does not produce cherries in the spring. Although Dalian produces big cherries, their output is low, and the price is at least 100 yuan per jin, which is unaffordable for ordinary families. Therefore, the market is mainly dominated by Chilean cherries.

In the early days of their market entry, Chilean cherries were air-shipped to China due to low output.

As production increased, cherries began to be shipped by sea, leading to a gradual decrease in prices.

A travel blogger in Chile found that local cherries were less than 10 yuan per jin, but the cherries consumed locally were smaller in size.

This is because the larger, better-tasting cherries are all exported to China.

Since China started importing Chilean cherries in 2008, almost all of Chile's cherries are now consumed by the Chinese market.

According to the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association, Chile has exported 376,000 tons of cherries to China, exceeding their target ahead of schedule.

Chile exports more than just cherries to China.

In 2023, Chile exported 55,000 tons of plums to China.

Data shows that 91% of Chilean cherries and 98% of Chilean plums are exported to China.

Chile is very savvy in its operations, holding an unloading ceremony when plums arrived in Shanghai.

Chilean plums hit the Chinese market in winter, facing no domestic competition.

China's black plums and honey plums are summer fruits, while Chile, being in the Southern Hemisphere, avoids the summer season.

Chile is a very pragmatic country, understanding both itself and the world.

In the 1960s, Chile began developing its fruit industry, targeting the European market.

Chile and the South American markets were small, so they aimed at the international market from the start, and Chilean fruits became very popular in Europe.

Keeping an eye on the international market, Chile certainly didn't miss out on China.

In 2006, Chile signed a free trade agreement with China.

In 2008, China approved the import of Chilean cherries, which quickly took over the market, replacing shares from the US, New Zealand, and Australia.

American cherries mature at the same time as Chinese cherries, New Zealand and Australian cherries are air-shipped, while Chile reduced costs with sea shipping, avoiding direct competition with Chinese and American cherries and outcompeting New Zealand and Australia with better value for money.

Thus, Chilean cherries rapidly dominated the Chinese market.

In 2014, with the rise of e-commerce in China, Chile seized this opportunity as well.

In 2008, China's total fruit imports from Chile amounted to $47 million. By 2016, this figure had risen to $1.262 billion.

That year, Chile became China’s largest fruit supplier, surpassing Thailand.

Compared to New Zealand's competition with China over kiwifruit and Australia's contentious behavior, Chile clearly understands its position, remaining humble and maintaining good relations with China, conducting business amicably.

It might seem that the work of Chile's 80s-born president is easy, but in reality, it's not so simple.