The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, received the delegation of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China with the aim of strengthening strategic relations between both nations.
Together with the president, they received the Vice Minister of Latin American Affairs of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (PCCh), Li Mingxiang, the first Combatant, Cilia Flores and the deputy Nicolás Maduro Guerra, who is the parliamentary representative of the friendship group China-Venezuela.
In addition, the Deputy Director General of the Latin America Bureau, Jin Xiaopeng,; the Head of the Integral Section of the Latin America Bureau, Chen Wenxue; the deputy head of Section II of the Latin American Bureau, Zhou Xiangmeng and the officials of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, Pan Jiqiang and Lan Tianlin.
The Communist Party of China has more than 96.7 million members from all sectors of socioeconomic life and also 4.9 million grassroots organizations.
Since the strengthening of relations between China and Venezuela – with the arrival of Commander Hugo Chávez to power -, both nations have executed a significant number of projects in the areas of energy, industry, public works, housing, agriculture, science and technology, transportation , culture, trade and security and defense.