Panama city, Panama - Nov 18, 2017
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1. Various of aerial shots of city

2. Traffic
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oyden Ortega Duran, chairman of Panama-China Friendship Association (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"President Xi Jinping delivered a far-reaching and powerful message to both China and the world, setting the keynote for China's economic development. Panamanian president should know that the center of the world has been shifted and Panama, therefore, should pay high attention to relations with China, attaching importance to the 'Belt and Road' initiative proposed by the Chinese government."
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4. Various of Duran talking to reposter
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5. Various of city views
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Julio Vidal, department of organization development of industrial, commercial and agricultural committee of Panama (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"The Panamanian enterprises are optimistic about developing relations with China. Now, we have closer and closer relations , which will also be strengthened in certain areas such as construction. In terms of tourism, we will see more and more Chinese tourists to come to Panama and I believe that the number of Panamanians to visit China will also grow. What's more, as for bilateral commercial exchanges, Panamanian entrepreneurs will have the opportunities to sell their products on the Chinese market."

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7. Various of Vidal talking to reposter
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8. Traffic
9. City view

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10. Aerial shot of city

Panamanian officials all hailed the on-going state visit by their president Juan Carlos Varela as having opened up a new era for the prosperous development of the two countries.

Varela started his seven-day state visit on Thursday. He witnessed the opening of Panama's new embassy in Beijing. The president then on Friday held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the two leaders witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation agreements on the Belt and Road Initiative, trade, investment, maritime transportation, railway, human resources, industrial parks, agriculture, quality inspection, civil aviation and tourism.

"President Xi Jinping delivered a far-reaching and powerful message to both China and the world, setting the keynote for China's economic development. Panamanian president should know that the center of the world has been shifted and Panama, therefore, should pay high attention to relations with China, attaching importance to the 'Belt and Road' initiative proposed by the Chinese government," said Oyden Ortega Duran, chairman of the Panama-China Friendship Association.

Varela led a delegation of more than 100 people including ministers, other senior officials and representatives from a large number of enterprises in the hope of carrying out all-round cooperation with China.

"The Panamanian enterprises are optimistic about developing relations with China. Now, we have closer and closer relations , which will also be strengthened in certain areas such as construction. In terms of tourism, we will see more and more Chinese tourists to come to Panama and I believe that the number of Panamanians to visit China will also grow. What's more, as for bilateral commercial exchanges, Panamanian entrepreneurs will have the opportunities to sell their products on the Chinese market," said Julio Vidal, department of organization development of industrial, commercial and agricultural committee of Panama.