YIN Yicui, chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress, had a meeting with Elias Castillo, the visiting president of the Latin American Parliament, on March 25.

Yin said Shanghai and Latin America are 20 hours apart by flight but the distance did not affect bilateral exchanges.

She said the 33 Latin American countries kept their promise to participate in World Expo 2010 Shanghai and their joint pavilion left a deep impression on visitors from around the world.