Xi Jinping meets with Brazilian Vice President Alcmin

On the afternoon of June 7, President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with Vice President Alckmin of Brazil, who was on an official visit to China.

Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Pakistan are like-minded good friends and good partners moving forward hand in hand. In April last year, President Lula and I reached an important consensus on leading a new era and a new future for China-Brazil relations. Over the past year and more, with the joint efforts of both sides, the two countries have continuously deepened strategic mutual trust, continued to advance practical cooperation, and collaborated closely on international occasions, which not only promoted their respective development, but also effectively safeguarded the common interests of the vast number of developing countries.

Xi Jinping emphasized that currently, the world is facing major changes unseen in a century. As major developing countries and important emerging market countries, China and Brazil share extensive common strategic interests. The relationship between the two countries goes far beyond the bilateral scope. It is important to promote unity and cooperation among developing countries and World peace and stability are of exemplary significance. Both sides should grasp the strategic nature of the relationship between the two countries, enhance the mutual benefit of the relationship, demonstrate the comprehensiveness of the relationship, continue to intensify strategic coordination, and give China-Pakistan friendship a new era connotation. China is willing to work with Brazil to continue to uphold the pioneering spirit of daring to be the first, make strategic plans for bilateral relations with a more forward-looking vision, clarify the long-term goal of building a China-Brazil community with a shared future, and give full play to the role of the China-Brazil High-Level Coordination and Cooperation Committee. role, consolidate cooperation in traditional fields, expand cooperation in emerging fields such as green economy, digital economy, and innovation, and strengthen the connection between the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and Brazil's "re-industrialization", "South American integration route" and other development strategies. We should take the opportunity of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations to comprehensively strengthen exchanges and cooperation in legislative bodies, political parties, localities, culture, education, tourism, youth and other fields, so as to gather more friendly forces and provide more strong support for China-Brazil cooperation. China supports Brazil in playing a greater role on the international stage, supports Brazil in successfully hosting this year's G20 Leaders' Summit, and is willing to communicate closely with all parties in the CELAC, including Brazil, to promote the further development of China-Latin America relations in the new era.

Alckmin conveyed President Lula's cordial greetings to Xi Jinping and said that yesterday Vice Chairman Han Zheng and I successfully chaired the seventh meeting of the Brazil-China High-Level Coordination and Cooperation Committee and achieved positive results. In recent years, hundreds of millions of Chinese people have been lifted out of poverty, which can be called a world miracle. The relevant experience has important reference significance for Brazil. The Brazilian government is committed to achieving inclusive and sustainable growth and is willing to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with China. It welcomes more Chinese companies to invest in Brazil and strengthen cooperation in areas such as infrastructure construction, agriculture, mining, new energy vehicles, and addressing climate change. Both Brazil and China are committed to safeguarding multilateralism and free trade. They share the same philosophy on many important issues, and have great potential and broad prospects for cooperation. Pakistan is willing to take the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as a new starting point, work together with China to intensify bilateral and multilateral strategic coordination, elevate bilateral relations to a new height, and contribute to building a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.