Xi: Bolster ties with BRI partners

Brazil

The relationship between China and Brazil has remarkably promising prospects, Xi said when meeting with President of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira.

Led by Lira, a Brazilian delegation is paying an eight-day visit to China that will conclude on Sunday.

As Brazil is due to host two major international events in the next few years — the G20 Leaders' Summit and the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Xi expressed China's support for Brazil's role as the host, saying that China is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Brazil.

Noting that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid a state visit to China this spring, Xi said he and Lula reached an important consensus on navigating and charting the new era of China-Brazil relations.

China and Brazil are the largest developing countries in the Eastern and Western hemispheres and major emerging countries with global influence, Xi noted.

Faced with a world of changes and chaos, China and Brazil "surely should firmly support and echo each other", he said.

The Belt and Road Initiative is highly compatible with Brazil's reindustrialization and New Growth Acceleration Program, Xi said, adding that the two sides should synergize them to facilitate their respective modernization process.

Lira said cooperation with China has vigorously promoted Brazil's economic and social development and increased Brazil's employment and production capacity. China's success is of great significance to the world, and China has always been an important partner for Brazil's development.

Brazil is willing to play its due role as G20 chair next year and it looks forward to welcoming President Xi's visit at that time, he added.