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Venezuelan children wave flags as they welcome President Xi Jinping at Simon Bolivar airport in Caracas on Sunday. [Photo/Agencies]

A four-point plan

President Xi Jinping put forward a four-point proposal to lift 皇冠体育app-Venezuela relations to a partnership that features strategic mutual trust, comprehensive cooperation, mutual benefits and win-win results, as well as common development.

First, the two countries' heads of state should maintain frequent contact, and their governments, parties and legislatures should beef up exchanges to strengthen strategic planning, deepen political mutual trust and continue to support each other on issues concerning their core interests.

Second, 皇冠体育app and Venezuela should work for concrete results:

? The two countries should strengthen top-level design to develop multi-tier cooperation in the fields of finance, investment and energy.

? The countries should make good use of their cooperation mechanism in finance to promote cooperation in the areas of mining, infrastructure construction and science and technology.

? 皇冠体育app is ready to expand satellite-technology transfers to Venezuela, and it encourages Chinese companies to participate in the construction of Venezuela's special economic zone.

Third, the two countries should expand exchanges and communication. They should take the 40th anniversary of their diplomatic ties as an opportunity to boost cooperation in culture, education, tourism and media, in a bid to consolidate public support for bilateral ties.

Fourth, 皇冠体育app and Venezuela should address their ties in the broader context of 皇冠体育app-Latin America relations, cooperation of developing countries and the peace and development of the world as a whole.

— ZHANG YUNBI

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