Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing on Sunday to start his official visit to Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Chile, with stopovers in Ireland and Spain.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the country's top think tank, called for deepened China-Latin America cooperative ties, in an annual report on Latin America released on Friday.
China has made great contributions to the development of Latin American countries in recent years and chinese experiences of development can be inspirations to the developing countries in this region, said a top OECD official in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Revellers from the Alegria da Zona Sul samba school take part in the Group A category of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, February 14, 2015.
The concept of "new normal" will work to improve efficiency and economic competitive strength, and to achieve this goal, it will continue reform and innovation and encourage research and development of technology, said Juan Carlos Capunay, the Peruvian ambassador to China.
President Xi Jinping's promise comes as a landmark meeting opens in Beijing that is expected to result in key documents mapping out future cooperation.