China's high-quality development to provide more opportunities for cooperation with Brazil: Xi

China's high-quality development via high-level opening-up will provide more opportunities for cooperation between China and Brazil, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday during a phone call with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

In the phone call, Xi noted that in 2024, he and President Lula jointly announced the elevation of bilateral relations to a China-Brazil community with a shared future for a more just world and a more sustainable planet.

Over the past year and more, the two countries have maintained sound momentum in building a community with a shared future, and pushed for solid progress in fostering synergy between their development strategies, setting up a stellar example of solidarity and cooperation among countries in the Global South, he said.

Noting that this year marks the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) period, Xi said that China will promote high-quality development via high-level opening-up, which will provide more opportunities for China-Brazil cooperation.

China is willing to work together with Brazil to advance mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, push for greater progress in developing China-Brazil relations, and usher in an even brighter future, he said.

In a turbulent and volatile world, China and Brazil, both as important members of the Global South, are constructive forces in safeguarding world peace and improving global governance, Xi noted.

China and Brazil should firmly stand on the right side of history, better defend the shared interests of the two countries and the Global South, jointly safeguard the central role of the United Nation, and uphold international fairness and justice, Xi said.

China stands ready to always be a good friend and a good partner of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, so as to advance the building of a China-LAC community with a shared future, the Chinese president said.

Noting that cooperation between Brazil and China has made significant progress across all fields since President Xi's historic visit to the South American country in 2024, Lula said that the Brazilian side is willing to join hands with China to promote greater development in bilateral and LAC-China relations.

Brazil and China are important forces in defending multilateralism and upholding free trade, he said.

Given the current worrying international situation, Brazil is willing to work closely with China to uphold the authority of the United Nations, strengthen cooperation with BRICS countries, and maintain regional and global peace and stability, Lula said.

China's high-quality development to provide more opportunities for cooperation with Brazil: Xi

China's high-quality development to provide more opportunities for cooperation with Brazil: Xi

China's high-quality development to provide more opportunities for cooperation with Brazil: Xi

China's high-quality development to provide more opportunities for cooperation with Brazil: Xi

China's high-quality development to provide more opportunities for cooperation with Brazil: Xi

China and the United States should capitalize on the current window of opportunity in bilateral relations to build momentum and prevent progress from slipping, said David Lampton, former president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently concluded a state visit to the U.S. at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump. The two heads of state agreed to build a constructive relationship of strategic stability based on respect, fairness and reciprocity.

The visit comes just months after Trump's China trip in May. The exchange of visits between the two heads of state within six months is considered to be of historic and milestone significance by many analysts.

In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Lampton quoted a famous 1938 treatise by late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, emphasizing the need to build confidence to seize the opportunity in China-U.S. relations created by the head-of-state diplomacy.

"I was thinking about this Mao Zedong's 1938 'On Protracted War,' and it was in three phases. The first was strategic retreat, then consolidation and then strategic advance. And I think there are people in both our societies that see this current discussion and detente or whatever we might call it, as a pause before strategic advance," he said.

"And so we need to, I think, build confidence that we are not just catching our breath before confrontation, that we're catching our breath to seize opportunity. And I'm pretty sure not everybody in both our societies has that same expectation. And that's why I think window of opportunity, windows close. And I think we either move forward or we're going to move backwards, can't stay in the same place too long," said Lampton.

Expert urges China, US to seize window of opportunity to push bilateral ties forward