Beijing, Nov 13 (EFE) .- The governor of the Mexican state of Michoacán, Silvano Aureoles, today presented his region as the natural gateway to the North American market of the Chinese companies, at the start of a tour of this country to promote investment and trade.

Aureoles today began a series of meetings in Beijing and Shanghai with institutions Officials and companies of the Asian giant to look for new corporations interested in investing or increasing existing projects.

Speaking to Efe, the governor pointed out that the "uncertainty" generated by the position of US President Donald Trump on the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement "how a country, as a state, forces us to turn your eyes "towards Asia, a region of" enormous potential ".

In this context," the most important window "of China in Mexico and the whole of North America is the Lazaro port Cárdenas, the main Mexican port on the Pacific coast and also the largest cargo movement in the country.

Aureoles held a meeting with the director in Beijing today Deputy General of the China Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA), Li Yong, to which he presented the economic strengths of his state and the possibilities for the companies of this country.

Thus, he highlighted the enormous possibilities in the food sector (products such as avocados or berries are already exported to China, with good possibilities for other fruits, meat and vegetables), as well as the "great mining potential" for the exploitation of gold, silver, copper or iron, and the logistical importance of the Lázaro Cárdenas port.

This port is part of a the three areas of Mexico that were declared on September 29 special economic zones, and that offer important fiscal advantages to the companies that are there install.

The governor also highlighted the options offered by tourism in his state, and proposed to Li the holding of seminars of new Chinese companies interested in investing there.

In addition, the Michoacan delegation highlighted the importance of the KCS rail freight line that leads from the Lázaro Cárdenas port to the center of the USA, with connections to the East Coast and Canada that allow a shorter route than from the ports of the West Coast.

Aureoles also met today with Xie Yuan, vice president of the Association of Friendship of the Chinese People with the Foreign Countries, an official entity that coordinates the relations towards the outside of the provinces, regions and municipal governments of the Asian giant.

The governor stressed to Xie his goal of "strengthening" even more the bilateral ties with the Asian giant, and recalled that Michoacán is already twinned with two Chinese provinces.

After his Peking period, Aureoles and his delegation moved to Shanghai, the financial capital of China, where they will hold three days of meetings and contacts, on all with business executives and with the Free Trade Zone of the city.

The governor of Michoacán will also meet with Ying Yong, the mayor of the city, which is the most populated metropolis in the country.