China will boost its cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO, Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce said in a Monday statement.

The statement was on the ministry’s website and also congratulated Vice-Finance Minister Li Yong’s election to the post of the Director-General of the organization.

Li, born in October 1951, is a senior economic and financial policy-maker and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the central bank.

He won 37 votes from member states in the first round of voting and will be officially appointed the director-general of UNIDO at the general conference on Friday.

China has a good track record of cooperation with UNIDO over the past 40 years as the organization introduced advanced technology, management expertise, Shen said.