Two Chinese companies have announced separate purchases of stakes in foreign firms related to the new-energy vehicle sector, as they rush to cash in on China’s huge hunger for the vehicles and the batteries that power them.

In recent years, Chile’s energy matrix has evolved notably, increasing its diversification and reducing its dependence on fossil fuels to make way for the so-called green energies, particularly photovoltaic and wind energy.

With its global services sector expanding at an annual rate of around 11%, two percentage points ahead of the international average, Chile expects exports of these services to reach US$5,000 million by 2020.

Thanks to its extensive geography, Chile has a wide variety of landscapes, from the world’s driest desert to icebergs and, in between, a modern capital city, rural areas and historical sites.

An attractive export-geared market is part of what Chile offers overseas companies in sectors as different as pet food and packaging solutions.

A panel de experts set out their vision of an industry worth US$15,000 million a year in a country that is the world’s leading copper producer.

What there is around a black hole in space and how the planets close to Earth are formed: these are two of the mysteries that will soon be resolved. Part of the discovery will be made in Chile at one of the country’s 13 observatories, which are able to take photographs and analyze images that hold the answers to these questions.

Chile is a pole of innovation in different fields, including fashion. Fabrics of biological origin, the use of unconventional materials, smart clothes and technology applied to day-to-day clothing are just some of the inventions with which the Chilean designers are surprising the fashion world.

Blueberries have become something that consumers want 24/7, year-round. Worldwide, some 1.7 million tons of blueberries were produced last year, two and a half times the number in 2000. That should reach 2 million tons in two years.

According to the report by Canada’s Fraser Institute, which surveys different mining jurisdictions, Chile is the eighth most attractive for investment in the sector out of a total of 91 districts around the world.