Chinese VP meets Ecuadorian counterpart on ties

BEIJING, Jan. 20 -- Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met his Ecuadorean counterpart Jorge Glas Espinel on Monday.

Li voiced his hope that China and the Latin American country could deepen mutual trust and promote cooperation in areas including trade, finance, energy and mineral resources, infrastructure construction, agriculture and aviation.

He also called for more bilateral exchanges on culture, education, science and technology, and tourism, and enhanced coordination in international and regional affairs so as to lift the China-Ecuador relationship and overall China-Latin America cooperation to a new level.

For his part, Glas said the economies of Ecuador and China are highly complementary. He called for more Chinese investment in his country and more mutually beneficial cooperation in order to push forward the comprehensive development of the relationship.