On September 12, 2011, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan met respectively with Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo, Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and Surinamese Vice President Robert Ameerali on the sidelines of the third China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

Wang said relations between China and Caribbean countries have been developing smoothly in recent years, with fruitful cooperation in various areas. China will work with Caribbean countries to deepen pragmatic cooperation, make further efforts to implement economic and technological cooperation projects between them and make full use of China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum. He urged both sides to expand cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, investment, finance, infrastructure and tourism to achieve the goal of cooperation, development and win-win outcomes.

The Caribbean leaders agreed that China is an important partner in their countries' development. The success of the forum reflects the friendly relations between China and Caribbean countries. The leaders appreciated China's contributions to the world economy and thanked for China's long-standing support to relevant Caribbean countries. They said they welcome investment and tourists from China, and pledged further efforts to implement specific projects with China, look to the future and tap the potential for cooperation in tourism, agriculture, infrastructure, new energy, mining and medical care to achieve mutual benefit.

After their meetings, Wang attended signing ceremonies for inter-governmental cooperation agreements between China and these Caribbean countries respectively.