Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Gran Canaria Air Base on Wednesday, on a stopover on his trip to Peru, where he is scheduled to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum leaders' summit and where he was received by the President of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales; the Government delegate in the islands, Anselmo Pestana from La Palma, and the Mayor of Las Palmas, Carolina Darias. In the south of the island, this presence has generated unrest, which was already generated in Gando last October by the presence of King Felipe because "saying that the mayor of the capital means asking what the capital of that city is" because the money on this island is generated in the south of the island, a preferred place for China for this type of technical stopover.
The Ingenio Town Hall has not wanted to draw attention to itself, but with the law in hand, the role of Mayor Darias is to receive whoever comes to her city "where she sees fit" but "not in another municipality". In the south of Gran Canaria, it is not entirely clear "what these people from Las Palmas are thinking" because "if they can waste money, in view of what the courts are studying, it is because of the money generated in the south of Gran Canaria" since "six out of every 10 euros in all of Gran Canaria, and this is extensible to all of the Canary Islands, comes from Maspalomas, not Las Palmas".
Las Palmas has put pressure on the Chinese president to stay in Las Palmas, knowing that the south of Gran Canaria was more efficient for logistics and, above all, for promotional purposes. In 2016, he stayed in Maspalomas (Gran Canaria), where he was received by the then vice president of the Spanish Government, Soraya Saénz de Santamaría, and held a meeting with the Chinese community.
