Chinese Premier Li Keqiang returned to Beijing on Wednesday afternoon after attending the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and official visits to Canada and Cuba.
Premier Li Keqiang met with Fidel Castro, the 90-year-old leader of the Cuban Revolution, on Sunday during his visit to the island nation in an expression of respect for the legendary revolutionary.
Cubans from all walks of life are paying close attention to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit and highly value the island country's relations with China, expecting bilateral relations will be enhanced through high-level exchanges of visits and economic cooperation.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang lays a wreath to the monument of Jose Marti, a Cuban national hero, in Havana, Cuba, Sept 24, 2016.
China on Saturday pledged to further forge ahead bilateral relations with Cuba through enhancing high-level exchange of visits and promoting economic cooperation.
On the same day that Premier Li Keqiang made history in Havana, China and Cuba agreed to work together to boost the island nation's economic development. Li, who on Saturday became the first Chinese premier to visit Cuba in more than 50 years, vowed to help industrialize Cuba.
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China pledged to further forge ahead bilateral relations with Cuba through enhancing high-level exchange of visits and promoting economic cooperation.
Havana's Confucius Institute, the only certified institution in the island country that teaches the Chinese language and culture, saw an "enrollment explosion" this academic year.
Premier Li said he expected to deepen traditional friendship with Cuba, enhance pragmatic cooperation and maintain close cultural exchanges.
Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Cuba represents "a unique opportunity" to enhance political, economic, trade and financial collaboration between China and the Caribbean island-nation, Cuban Ambassador to China Alberto J. Blanco Silva said.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Cuba is expected to boost economic cooperation between the two sides, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez said.