Li Changchun (R), a member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China
(CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez (L) in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, March 26, 2007.
(Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng) Photo Gallery
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CARACAS, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Visiting senior Chinese
party official Li Changchun on Monday held talks with Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez on mutually beneficial cooperation and common development.
Li said bilateral ties have risen to a new level
since the two countries established a strategic partnership, marked by frequent
exchanges of high-level visits, enhanced political trust and the strengthening
of consultation and cooperation in international affairs.
During his visit to China last year, Chavez met with
Chinese President Hu Jintao and they reached a broad consensus on developing
bilateral relations, Li said.
China believes that mutually beneficial cooperation
conforms with the fundamental interests of both countries, Li said, noting that
Beijing is willing to work with Caracas to intensify high-level visits, expand
people-to-people exchanges, deepen mutual beneficial cooperation and speed up
common development.
Concerning party exchanges between the two countries,
Li said the Communist Party of China (CPC) values friendly exchanges with
Movimiento V Republica, and hopes to further frequent exchanges of senior party
officials and young politicians.
For his part, Chavez said his government is willing
to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China in all fields in efforts to
benefit the two peoples.
Movimiento V Republica will further exchange
experiences of managing state affairs with the CPC, he said.
Earlier on Monday, Li Changchun, who flew here for a
goodwill visit on Sunday, visited the Venezuela National Petroleum Corporation
and talked with other senior Venezuelan officials.
This is Li's second stop on his five-nation tour that
will take the senior official to Suriname, Peru and Samoa, an island nation in
the Pacific. The tour began in Mexico last week.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, is the highest-ranking Chinese
official to visit Venezuela since the visit by Chinese Vice President Zeng
Qinghong in 2005.
Li Changchun, a member of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee, shakes hands with a staff member of China National
Petroleum Corporation (Venezuela) in Caracas after his arrival, March 25,
2007. Venezuela is the second leg of Li's Latin America and Caribbean
trip, which has led him to Mexico and will continue to Peru and
Surinam.(Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng) Photo Gallery
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CARACAS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- China focuses on achieving
mutual benefits when carrying out economic cooperation with Venezuela, an senior
official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Sunday.
Li Changchun, who flew in here for a goodwill visit
to Venezuela Sunday afternoon, paid a visit to the office of CNPC America Ltd.
in Venezuela immediately after his arrival in Caracas.
After listening to a briefing about the company's
operation in Venezuela and in other parts of the world, Li said Chinese
companies should precede from the win-win principle of mutual benefits to carry
out economic cooperation outside China. Full story
CARACAS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, a senior
official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), arrived on Sunday in Caracas to
begin a three-day visit to Venezuela to boost relations between the two nations.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, was met by Venezuela's Foreign
Minister, Nicolas Maduro, and Ju Yinjie,
China's ambassador to Venezuela, at Maiquetia International Airport, 30 km from
Caracas. Full story
CARACAS, March 25
(Xinhua) -- Senior official of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Li Changchun
arrived in Caracas Sunday afternoon, starting a goodwill visit to Venezuela.
Venezuela is the second leg of
Li's Latin America and Caribbean trip, which has led him to Mexico and will
continue to Peru and Suriname. Full story
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