Costa Rica held the general election in 2010. Laura Chinchilla，the presidential candidate of the ruling National Liberation Party，won the election. But the ruling party failed to obtain a majority in the Congress. To facilitate an economic reform，the Chinchilla government sought to forge a coalition with the Citizens Action Party. Economically it pursued an expansionary fiscal policy and promoted free trade，which served as a stimulator of economic recovery and public deficit. The Chinchilla government continued to increase public spending on social development. In the first 10 months of 2010，real wages grew by 3.8%. Diplomatically it kept close relations with the United States and boosted the relations with Asian countries. In 2010 Costa Rica concluded a free trade agreement with China and Singapore.