China is helping to spur Brazil’s development by lending a helping hand to the country’s infrastructure sector, said Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on June 6 in Beijing
The Brazilian vice president paid an official visit to China from June 4 to 8 at the invitation of Chinese Vice President Han Zheng.
During his visit, Alckmin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 6. Xi said at their meeting that China and Brazil share broad strategic interests as major developing countries and important emerging markets.
Noting that the Brazilian government is committed to inclusive and sustainable development, Alckmin said Brazil is willing to enhance synergy of its development strategies with that of China, welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest in Brazil, and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China in such fields as infrastructure construction, agriculture, mining, new energy vehicles, climate change and other fields.
In an interview with the China Central Television (CCTV), the Brazilian vice president said Chinese companies have given Brazil a leg up to the country’s infrastructure sector.
“Brazil has launched a new version of its ‘growth acceleration’ plan to focus on infrastructure construction. We are expanding Brazil’s rail system to cover passenger and freight transport in metropolitan areas as agricultural production areas are usually far away from ports and we need to transport the farm products to ports. Chinese companies have already participated in this field. China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has built trains and railways in Brazil, and there will be many opportunities for railway companies to do business in Brazil. We will make significant investments in logistics, railways, airports, roads and energy, which will also create many opportunities,” he said.