Thirty-nine-year-old Carlos Alvarado is the youngest president of Costa Rica in the past 100 years. He started his career as a journalist and served as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs until he succeeded in running for president. He was inaugurated in May 2018.

His experience as a journalist helped him develop leadership and played a special role in helping him lead the county.

Costa Rica is the first country in Central America that signed a free trade agreement with China back in 2011. Because of the tremendous benefits of economic and trade cooperation with China, President Alvarado hopes to upgrade Sino-Costa Rican cooperation to a new stage.