Top legislator Wu Bangguo finished on Sunday his six-day
official visit to Brazil, which represented a step further in the
consolidation of the two countries strategic alliance.
The visit marked the continuation of the process initiated in
2004, when, at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the
establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, President Hu
Jintao and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva exchanged
state visits and vowed to strengthen the friendship and cooperation
between the two countries.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National
People's Congress (NPC), visited the cities of Brasilia, Sao Paulo
and Manaus. In the Brazilian capital, he was welcomed by President
Lula and the top authorities of the Brazilian Congress, the
President of the House of Representatives Aldo Rebelo and the
President of the Senate Renan Calheiros.
On Wednesday, an agreement on the exchange of information
between the House of Representatives and China's NPC was signed,
the first accord of its kind China has signed with a Latin American
country. When he talked about the friendly links between the two
nations, Representative Rebelo stressed China's contribution to
keep the balance of the world that tends towards a unilateral
approach.
In Rebelos words, China and Brazil can significantly help their
own people, but they can together help even more, the whole
humanity.
Rebelo said he favors a broader bilateral cooperation, which
must not be confined to the diplomatic field and must be extended
to all levels, institutions and organizations of the society.
Wu and Calheiros had a meeting, in which they stressed the two
countries cooperates with each other on major world issues.
The NPC president said both Brazil and China are advocating
protecting the interests of countries in development. The two
countries, he added, favor the democratization of world relations
and the construction of a world with several poles, where the
cultural diversity is respected.
The technical and scientific cooperation between Brazil and
China, Wu said, is a bright spot of their bilateral relation. He
mentioned the launching of two binational satellites and said the
countries will continue their cooperation in the space program
field.
On Wednesday afternoon, at a meeting with President Lula in
Palacio do Planalto, the headquarters of the Brazilian government,
the two countries signed an agreement under which China will buy
100 jets of Brazilian Embraer.
The deal between Embraer and Chinese group HNA amounts to some
US$2.7 billion. The delivery of the jets will begin next year and
last for five years.
Other four agreements between Brazilian and Chinese companies
were also signed, relating to the aviation, telephony and
infrastructure sectors. One of these deals was also signed by
Embraer that extended its joint-venture with Chinese Avic II.
Wu had a meeting on Friday with Latin American Parliaments
President Ney Lopes, in Sao Paulo. During the meeting, Lopes
stressed the Latin American Parliament and himself favor the
one-China policy and oppose the independence of Taiwan.
The decision of the Latin American Parliament in 2004 to grant
the NPC observer status, he said, was an important step.
From Sao Paulo, Wu traveled to the city of Manaus, capital of
the Brazilian State of Amazonas, in which China has important
investments.
The Amazonas state Governor Eduardo Braga expressed his hope
that the visit of Wu will boost the bilateral cooperation in the
electronics, lumber, petro chemical and tourist sectors.
Wu left Manaus for Uruguay for a three-day visit, and he will
then go to Chile, the last leg of his South American tour.
(Xinhua News Agency September 4, 2006)
