Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 16 (Reporter Cao Jiayue) At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Ecuadorian President Novoa arrived in Beijing in the early morning of August 16 and began an eight-day state visit to China.

Ecuador is an important country in Latin America. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Ecuador.In recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Ecuador relations have maintained a good momentum of development.

This visit is President Novoa’s first state visit to China.A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently stated that China hopes to further consolidate political mutual trust between the two countries through this visit, maintain traditional friendship, promote continuous new progress in the China-Ecuador comprehensive strategic partnership, and better benefit the two peoples.