UN chief hopes to see "an even bigger and stronger partnership" between UN and China

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon receives an interview of Xinhua News Agency at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on June 13, 2013. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he is looking forward to meeting members of the new Chinese leadership and he hopes to see "an even bigger and stronger partnership" between the United Nations and China. The secretary-general made the remarks in an interview with Xinhua ahead of an official visit to China from June 18 to 21 at the invitation of the Chinese government. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)