Top legislator Wu Bangguo arrived in Santiago on Tuesday for a
three-day official visit to Chile.
In a statement delivered at the airport upon his arrival, Wu,
chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress,
said that he expects to hold discussions with Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet and Chilean parliament speakers about
Sino-Chilean relations and issues of mutual concern.
Wu said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations
between the two countries in 1970, China and Chile have been
engaged in close cooperation in politics, economy, trade,
technology and culture.
In the new century, the full-scale partnership of cooperation
the two countries have forged is developing well and the
relationship between China and Chile has entered a new phase of
development.
Chile is the last leg of Wu's three-nation South America tour
which has taken him to Brazil and Uruguay.
(Xinhua News Agency September 6, 2006)
