Chinese President Xi Jinping held a state visit to Peru, a country dubbed the Andean Eagle on Monday. Xi and his Peruvian counterpart, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski held talks.

Xi also delivered a speech at the Peruvian Congress titled, 'Working together to build a better future for China-Latin American relations', drawing a blueprint for better cooperation, and opening up a new start for China-LatAm cooperation.

The speech is deemed a milestone in the history of Sino-LaAm relations. Since he took office in 2013, President Xi has made three visits to Latin America and promoted the establishment of a comprehensive cooperative partnership and the founding of the Sino-Latin American Forum. This reflects China-LatAm overall cooperation and bilateral cooperation have entered into a new stage and pursue common development.

Standing on a new historical starting point, Xi, in his speech, put forward a four-point proposal to enrich China-LatAm relations, which would push the building of a China-LatAm community of common destiny to a new height, and chart new course for their strategic and pragmatic cooperation.

Benefiting from the alignment of development strategies and deepening cooperation, the China-Latin America community of common destiny is expected to sail on a voyage with stability and prosperity that benefit the peoples of China and Latin America. China-LatAm relations will set a new model for South-South cooperation.

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By Zhang Maorong, researcher with the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations; cartoon drawn by Chi Ying