On the afternoon of April 4, President Xi Jinping held talks with Brazilian President Lula on a state visit to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Lula in the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People.

It was a handshake across mountains and seas. From 12 to 15, Brazilian President Lula paid a state visit to China. On the afternoon of the 14th, President Xi Jinping held talks with President Lula at the Great Hall of the People.

China and Brazil are the largest developing countries and important emerging market countries in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, respectively, and the overall, strategic and global influence of the relationship between the two countries is becoming increasingly prominent. Under the guidance of the head of state's diplomacy, China and Brazil will work together to open up a new future for China-Brazil relations in a new era, bring more benefits to the two peoples, and make positive contributions to peace, stability, prosperity and development in the region and the world.

Friendship is like wine, "the longer the better"

President Lula is an old friend of the Chinese people, who has come to China many times before and has long cared for and supported the cause of China-Pakistan friendship. The visit was Lula's first visit to a country outside the Americas since he assumed the presidency of Brazil in January. Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Zhu Qingqiao said: "This reflects the great importance that both sides attach to deepening China-Brazil relations under the new historical conditions. ”

Since entering the new era, President Xi Jinping has had frequent interactions with Brazilian leaders. In July 2014, President Xi Jinping attended the Sixth BRICS Summit in Brazil, the China-Latin America and Caribbean Summit and paid a state visit to Brazil. In November 7, President Xi Jinping came to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, to attend the 2019th BRICS Summit.

"Friendship is like wine, the longer the better." This is a Brazilian proverb quoted by President Xi Jinping in his speech at the Brazilian Congress in July 2014. President Lula quoted this proverb again when attending the inauguration ceremony of Ms. Rousseff, the new President of the New Development Bank and former President of Brazil, in Shanghai on the 7th to express his cherishing of Pakistan-China relations and his high evaluation of the deepening cooperation among BRICS countries.

In recent years, the international pattern has undergone profound changes, China-Pakistan relations have transcended bilateral scopes and have important global influence, and the two sides have close communication and coordination within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, WTO, BRICS and the G20.

During his talks with President Lula, President Xi Jinping pointed out that in the face of unprecedented changes in the world in a century, China and Pakistan should stand on the right side of history, practice true multilateralism, carry forward the common values of all mankind, promote the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction, earnestly safeguard the common interests of developing countries and international fairness and justice, and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.

President Lula said that Pakistan and China share consensus and common interests on many major international issues, and both sides defend multilateralism and international fairness and justice. He also said that Pakistan is willing to work with China to promote developing countries to get rid of the shackles of unfair rules and achieve more equitable and balanced development.

"Exports to China set a new record"

In the port of Açu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, COSCO Shipping's "Yuanpengyang" super-large oil tanker is moored, preparing to ship Brazilian-made crude oil to Asia.

Port of Aso director Vinicius Patel said that since the port opened in 2014, exporting oil, iron ore and other products to China has been one of their main businesses. "Last year, we signed a new contract with a Chinese company, setting a new record for exports to China."

At Brazil's traditional container terminals - Santos Port in São Paulo State, Itajaí Port in Santa Catarina State and Baranagua Port in Barana State, Brazilian soybeans, pulp, corn and other goods leave the port in large quantities every day. At the same time, China's machinery and equipment, textiles, steel and other commodities continue to enter the port.

The scene of ships coming and going and swallowing busy, witnessing the vigorous development of trade between the two countries.

Brazil is the first Latin American country whose trade with China exceeded $14 billion, and is China's largest trading partner and major investment target in Latin America. China has been Brazil's number one trading partner for <> consecutive years.

At present, Huawei's 5G network has covered most of Brazil. BYD's pure electric buses and pure electric taxis drive on the streets of Brazilian cities, promoting sustainable urban development with green transportation solutions. The first phase of the Port Aso Natural Gas Complex (GNA) project in which China State Power Investment Corporation Co., Ltd. participates in generating enough electricity to meet the electricity needs of 600 million local households, contributing to Brazil's energy transition and clean development of electricity...

After the talks on the 14th, the two heads of state witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of trade and investment, digital economy, scientific and technological innovation, information and communication, poverty reduction, quarantine, and aerospace. The two countries will continue to create new growth points in many fields and jointly promote cooperation with higher quality, wider fields and more beneficial to the people.

"My dreams have come true"

In the village of Maliadinha in the state of Tocantins in northern Brazil, the jungle is dense and traffic jams. Since 2021, with the official operation of a fruit processing plant, the lives of the villagers have gradually changed.

"I got a job, I used the money I earned to buy a sofa and a refrigerator, I painted the exterior of my house with cement, and I had an internet connection at home. I now learn to connect online, business, sourcing and merchandising. Malena, a villager who works at a fruit processing factory, said excitedly, "My dreams have come true." ”

The fruit processing plant was built under the auspices of China's State Grid Brazil Holding Company (State Grid Bakong). Anne de Amorien, the company's environmental, social and corporate governance coordinator, said that during the construction of the hydropower project, construction personnel helped villagers build the fruit processing plant and trained them in fruit picking.

At the beginning of 2021, the factory obtained a business license and was officially put into operation in August of the same year. At present, the processing plant has supplied many hotels, and has also signed a contract with the Brazilian national supply company to expand the supply channel to public schools, which has strongly promoted the local economic development.

CNOOC Brazil sponsors children from underprivileged communities to participate in military bands; Three Gorges Brazil conducts strawberry cultivation and sales training in the southern mountains of the region... Many Chinese-funded enterprises understand the local people's conditions, actively fulfill their social responsibilities, win the praise and trust of the Brazilian people, and write a good story for the common development and people-to-people bond between the two countries.

At present, both China and Brazil are at a critical stage of development. China is promoting high-quality development and high-level opening up, and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. The Brazilian government is actively promoting "re-industrialization", promoting economic development, transformation and upgrading, and working hard to promote national modernization.

During his talks with President Lula, President Xi Jinping stressed that China is willing to actively explore the strategic docking of the "Belt and Road" and Brazil's "re-industrialization". President Lula expressed his belief that deepening and expanding cooperation between Pakistan and China will help the process of "reindustrialization" of Pakistan, help solve problems such as poverty alleviation, and better benefit the people.

The common concept and common pursuit have enabled China and Pakistan to continuously strengthen strategic docking, tap cooperation potential, innovate cooperation models, and jointly promote the historical process of modernization pursued by developing countries.

"It's an encounter between two cultures"

Five-star red flags, rabbit lanterns, paper-cut window flowers, Chinese dolls... These Chinese elements are projected on video on ancient buildings in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife.

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2023, thousands of Brazilians watched wonderful song and dance performances and light shows on the landmark of Recife, Square Zero, to welcome the arrival of the Chinese New Year.

Recife is a historically famous port city in Brazil. Last September, the Recife City Council passed a bill to include the Chinese New Year in the city's official calendar. City Councilor Sida Pedrosa lamented: "Using our ancient buildings to show the Chinese light show is an encounter between two cultures. How wonderful! ”

And on this year's Lantern Festival, in the southern Brazilian city of Iguaçu, the 88-meter-high Ferris wheel is draped in Chinese red, and a cruise ship with red lanterns and Chinese knots slowly moves through the Paraná River. Chinese and Pakistani guests and local overseas Chinese toasted to celebrate the Lantern Festival together. Soon after, the city of Foz do Iguaçu also included the Chinese New Year in its official calendar.

Acquaintance and intersection. Nowadays, Chinese culture is known and understood by more and more Brazilians, and exchanges and cooperation between universities, think tanks, media and art groups of the two countries are increasingly rich. China has 14 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms in Brazil, the largest number among Latin American countries. Some Brazilian public schools have incorporated Chinese education into the system, and the state of Rio de Janeiro has opened two Portuguese-Chinese bilingual schools, and three public schools offer free Chinese education, mostly taught by indigenous teachers.

"I believe that the future of Pakistan-China relations will be even better." In talks with President Xi Jinping, President Lula said this. Like-minded people are not far from mountains and seas. Under the guidance of the diplomacy of the head of state, the development of bilateral relations will surely open a new and splendid chapter, and make new and greater contributions to world peace and development in the journey of jointly promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

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Reporter: Zhao Yan Chen Weihua

Produced by the International Department of Xinhua News Agency

Produced by Xinhua News Agency's International Communication Integration Platform