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Editor's Note: At the invitation of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang paid official visits to their countries from May 18 to 26. It is the first time that Premier Li has touched down in the land of Latin America since taking office in 2013. The visit has further strengthened bilateral cultural exchanges and traditional friendship, advanced mutual political trust and bilateral pragmatic cooperation in all areas and opened a new state of China-Latin America comprehensive partnership of cooperation.
 
Backgrounder
China and Brazil
Diplomatic relationship: 1974, established official relationship; 1993, set up strategic partnership; 2012, upgraded bilateral relationship to level of comprehensive strategic partnership
Bilateral trade: $86.58 billion in 2014
China and Colombia
Diplomatic relationship: 1980, established official relationship
Bilateral trade: $15.64 billion in 2014
China and Peru
Diplomatic relationship: 1971, established official relationship; 2008, set up strategic partnership; 2013, upgraded bilateral relationship to level of comprehensive strategic partnership
Bilateral trade: $14.32 billion in 2014
China and Chile
Diplomatic relationship: 1970, established official relationship 2012, set up strategic partnership
Bilateral trade: $34.1 billion in 2014
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