Ecuador aims for 'new level' of relations

Ecuador President Rafael Correa made a State visit to China from Jan 5 to 9 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and also attended the first ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum held on Jan 8.

President Xi greeted his Ecuadorian counterpart at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan 7 as the two sides agreed to establish a China-Ecuador strategic partnership.

Xi recalled his fruitful meeting with Correa last July in Brasilia, Brazil, where they reached important consensus on deepening cooperation between the two countries in trade, education, science and finance.