Visiting senior legislator Cheng Siwei on Thursday held talks
with Roberto Hernandez, vice president of the Congress of the
Republic of Venezuela, to strengthen bilateral relations.
Hernandez said that his country has been paying close attention
to China's economic development and hoped to strengthen exchanges
between the two nations.
Cheng, who is vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's
National People's Congress (NPC) and president of the China-Latin
America Friendship Association, also gave a speech on "Chinese
economic development" at Venezuela's foreign ministry.
Venezuela is the last leg of Cheng's travel to Latin America,
which has already taken him to Jamaica and Cuba.
(Xinhua News Agency January 12, 2007)
