Chen Jining Meets with Venezuelan President Maduro
Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jining met with Venezuelan President Maduro and his delegation today.
On behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Government, and the people of the city, Chen Jining warmly welcomed President Maduro's visit and introduced the relevant situation of Shanghai's economic and social development. He said that China Venezuela relations are a model of unity, cooperation, and common development among developing countries.The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has mapped out a grand blueprint for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization, and has also brought new opportunities for the development of countries around the world. As the economic center city of China, openness, innovation, and inclusiveness are the most distinctive qualities of Shanghai. Continuously improving people's sense of happiness, gain, and security in modernization construction is our unremitting goal. We will take the important consensus reached by the two heads of state as our strategic guidance, strengthen communication with various regions, institutions, and enterprises in Venezuela, deepen practical cooperation in industries, science and technology, promote cultural and personnel exchanges, better promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning, and make local positive contributions to the development of China Venezuela relations. Venezuelan enterprises are welcome to participate in the 6th China Expo, bring more characteristic products, culture and services to Shanghai, enter the Chinese market and share the opportunities of Chinese path to modernization.
Maduro thanks Shanghai for its warm reception and sincerely admires the tremendous achievements made in China's development.The relationship between Venezuela and China is established on the basis of sincere mutual trust and fruitful common development. We look forward to taking this visit as an opportunity to promote friendly cooperation between the two countries to a new level, deepen cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, science and technology, tourism, and local exchanges, and support Venezuela's enterprises to participate in the 6th China International Import Expo, working together to create a better future.
Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela Lan Hu, Chinese Government's Special Representative for Latin American Affairs Qiu Xiaoqi, Shanghai leaders Li Zheng and Huayuan attended the meeting.