Senior CPC official says ready for closer ties with Brazil’s PT party

BRASILIA—The Communist Party of China (CPC)is ready to push forward its ties with the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT), a visiting senior official of the CPC said here Tuesday.
He Guoqiang, member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at a meeting with PT Chairman Ricardo Berzoini. He spoke highly of the PT’s important role in developing the economy, promoting social progress and improving people’s lives in Brazil.
He said the CPC attaches great importance to its friendly exchanges with the PT, a party in Brazil’s ruling coalition, and will further its friendly relations with the PT based on the principles of independence, equality, mutual respect and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs. Berzoini said the friendly ties between the PT and the CPC constitute an important part of the PT’s foreign relations and also an important component of the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Regular exchanges between the two parties is conducive not only to the two parties themselves, but also to the steady growth of Brazil-China ties, said Berzoini. The Chinese official arrived in Brazil Friday for a goodwill visit after his trip to Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago.
His four-country tour will also take him to Angola. China and Brazil have pledged to promote economic cooperation during a meeting on Friday between visiting Chinese senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang and acting Amazonas state Governor Belarmino Lins.
He, member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, arrived at Manaus, capital of Amazonas, on Friday after a goodwill visit to Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago.
China and Brazil have their own advantages and they can use such advantages to realize common development, said He, who is also secretary of the CPC’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He said that he hoped Amazonas will enhance cooperation with China and the Chinese government encourages Chinese businesses in the Brazilian state.
Amazonas will continue to create better investment and business environment so as to promote economic and trade cooperation with China, Lins said. During his visit to Brazil, He also visited some Chinese enterprises in Manaus and Rio de Janeiro, urging them to make new contributions to Sino-Brazilian friendship and cooperation. Brazil is the third leg of He’s four-country visit that will also take him to Angola.

—Xinhua