RIO DE JANEIRO, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent trip to Latin America, the second in 13 months, demonstrated the important role Latin America plays in China's overall diplomacy and brought new opportunity to the bilateral ties.
During Xi's trip on July 15-23, he attended the sixth summit of BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - and a conference with Latin American and Caribbean leaders. He also paid state visits to Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba.新华网里约热内卢7月26日电（记者刘隆）继2013年出访拉美之后，中国国家主席习近平于７月１５日至２３日再度访问该地区，赴巴西出席金砖国家领导人第六次会晤，对巴西、阿根廷、委内瑞拉、古巴进行国事访问，并出席中国－拉美和加勒比国家领导人会晤。
    习主席在短时间内两次访问拉美地区，充分凸显出拉美国家在新时期中国外交格局中的重要地位。另一方面，拉美国家也深切感受到习主席访问给中拉关系带来的新机遇。

Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela hopes to boost its oil exports to China by more than half to a million barrels a day, President Nicolas Maduro said after talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

据法新社4月22日加拉加斯报道，委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯。马杜罗周一与中国外长王毅会谈后表示，委内瑞拉希望将对华石油出口量提高50%以上，达到100万桶/天。

Feb.25-Feb.26 Guangzhou, 
China Public Diplomacy Association held a forum titled as : (Chinese Companies) Going To Latin America. To help accelerate the development between China and Latin America. The forum discussed macro economy, law of foreign investment, policies of merchants and funding in Latin America.
广州召开“中国企业走进拉美“论坛

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday expressed readiness to work with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for the establishment of a China-CELAC forum before the end of this year.

"China will maintain contacts with the CELAC on the mechanism and cooperative areas, and work for the formal establishment of the forum and the first ministerial meeting within this year," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily press briefing.

The CELAC approved a special statement to extend support for the establishment of a China-CELAC forum at the organization's second summit in late January, seeking to hold the forum's first meeting within 2014.

"China and the CELAC are committed to building the forum, in order to set up an important platform for the development of a China-Latin America comprehensive cooperative partnership featuring equality, mutual benefit and common development," Hong said.

He noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping had already lauded the CELAC's approval of the special statement.

It showed Latin American and Caribbean countries had common aspirations for deepening overall Latin America-China cooperation, according to the spokesman.

The CELAC, established in December 2011, comprises the 33 countries of the western hemisphere with the exception of the United States and Canada. Cuba took the bloc's rotating presidency in January 2013.

Heads of state from across Latin America and the Caribbean have begun to arrive in Havana, Cuba for the second summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).