October 30, 2025
With Evrim’s comprehensive web navigation capabilities, we extracted over 350 meetings taking place this Summer in Jalisco, Mexico. These meetings helped us uncover new international collaborations, strategic investments, state-backed initiatives, and the players shaping the outcomes.
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To become Latin America's technology capital, Jalisco is actively building partnerships around the world to make it happen. From semiconductor design centers with Taiwan to artificial intelligence (AI) education programs with Google - Mexico's fourth-largest economy is leveraging international collaborations to transform its future.
The crown jewel of Jalisco's tech ambitions is undoubtedly its semiconductor strategy. In late June 2025, Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro led a high-powered delegation to Taiwan, meeting with the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) to court Taiwanese chipmakers looking to diversify beyond Asia, highlighting Jalisco's skilled workforce and infrastructure to solidify its reputation as a tech hub in Latin America.
By August, Jalisco reached a landmark agreement to establish the National Semiconductor Design Center Kutsari, a federal-state collaboration. The agreement, backed by President Claudia Sheinbaum, positions Jalisco as Latin America's chip design hub, involving federal-state collaboration, local higher education institutions, and tariff exemptions to bolster Mexico's semiconductor value chain.
China's DiDi met with SETRAN to enhance private transportation services in Jalisco, agreeing on a skills training program including English language instruction in preparation for the 2026 World Cup, and committed to developing a gender-inclusive mobility guide with SISEMH.
China's Institute of Hydroelectric Resources and Hydrology (IWHR) established technical and scientific cooperation with the Jalisco Government in water management, focusing on wastewater treatment, resilient infrastructure, and climate resilience.
At Expo Osaka 2025, Strategic Coordinator Mauro Garza Marín showcased Jalisco's investment opportunities to Japanese officials, highlighting key sectors such as semiconductors, manufacturing, agriculture, and health, building on existing relationships with companies like Honda and Toshiba. The state secured participation in FOODEX JAPAN 2026 to enhance agro-food exports.
Meanwhile, 91 Jalisco students represented the state in the Singapore International Math Olympiad Challenge (SIMOC 2025), and Governor Pablo Lemus announced the Jalisco Talent Scholarship to support 937 high-achieving students in mathematics, programming, and science with 20,000 pesos annually.
The Google for Education partnership successfully conducted the Gemini Academy workshop, training over 1,000 teachers on the ethical and pedagogical use of AI, with plans to eventually extend training to all 80,000 state educators. Governor Lemus launched the Aula Jalisco Digital initiative, distributing technology to 18 CONALEP campuses to benefit nearly 13,000 students and 700 teachers.
California hosted the California-Mexico Binational Relations Select Committee delegation, including Assembly members Anamarie Ávila Farías, Juan Carrillo, and David Álvarez, to strengthen ties in energy, technology, and social initiatives.
Jalisco’s upcoming inaugural Innovation Fest themed 'Artificial Intelligence: The Future is Now' is scheduled for November 20-21 at Expo Guadalajara, which is set to be headlined by Stanford University's Chuck Eesley.
The Netherlands agreed to collaborate with the Government of Jalisco on integrated water management, focusing on technical exchanges, flood mitigation, and infrastructure modernization, with Dutch companies forming working groups to address Jalisco's water challenges using innovative and sustainable solutions.
Germany brought forensic innovation through collaboration between the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) and German forensic experts on utilizing infrared cameras to recover hidden tattoos from unidentified deceased individuals.
The United Kingdom is supporting forensic science research, with COBUPEJ presenting its research project 'Interpreting Nature to Find Those Missing,' supported by the UK government and Oxford University. Jalisco showcased its economic agenda to UK officials during Expo Osaka 2025, emphasizing existing $2.4 billion in UK investments over seven years and bilateral trade valued at over $2.335 billion.
The European Union is funding the 'Building Alliances to Find and Identify Missing and Unlocated Persons' project through LAB-CO and IJCF to enhance institutional processes and technological capabilities for human identification.
The Jalisco Government formed a historic alliance with the World Bank to develop high-impact water projects, making Jalisco the first Mexican subnational entity to secure such collaboration, with the partnership focusing on modernizing water infrastructure and a concrete proposal anticipated by November 2025.
Multiple UN agencies are embedding technology in social programs:
UNFPA and the Government of Jalisco entered into a cooperation agreement to enhance the Jalisco Forensic Sciences Institute's capabilities in identifying deceased individuals through genetic analysis and database development.
UNICEF Mexico collaborated with the Jalisco government on training 33 police officers from 13 municipalities to improve their response to violence against children and adolescents as part of the State Security Strategy for the 2026 World Cup.
UNHCR collaborated with DIF Jalisco to conduct a training session for over 70 municipal staff members to enhance their capacity to support refugees and individuals in need of international protection.
UN Women and the Jalisco Government formed a strategic alliance to create safer cities for women and girls through initiatives including gender audits, public forums, and expanding the 'Pulse of Life Zones' to include convenience stores.
Several officials are orchestrating this international strategy: Mauro Garza Marín (Strategic General Coordinator of Growth and Economic Development) appears in meetings across Taiwan, Japan, UAE, and UK. Horacio Fernández Castillo (Secretary of Innovation, Science, and Technology) handles technical implementation. Cindy Blanco Ochoa (Secretary of Economic Development) focuses on investment attraction. Diego Monraz Villaseñor (Secretary of Transportation) manages mobility tech partnerships.
US wine and spirits company, Brown-Forman, announced a $65 million investment to expand Casa Herradura's production, emphasizing sustainable practices including a cutting-edge vinasse treatment plant for water reuse and carbon footprint reduction.
Governor Pablo Lemus announced five new Volaris air routes and the airline's 150th plane in Jalisco, along with plans for Jalisco's first Aviation University and a Volaris aircraft maintenance center.
The Government of Jalisco and Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA), a Mexican multinational beverage and retail company owned in part by Coca-Cola, partnered to boost economic development, connecting local producers to Mexico-based OXXO's extensive supplier network with access to 1,500 points of sale.
Jalisco announced a historic 20 billion peso investment to build 38 new hotels, adding 4,578 rooms across major tourist hubs, aiming to surpass 90,000 total rooms by 2030.
Governor Pablo Lemus highlighted Jalisco's key role in Mexico's economic growth at the 88th Banking Convention, citing leadership in agroindustry and semiconductors, with foreign direct investment growing 2.8%, which is four times the national average.