On May 16, 2005, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe met in the presidential palace in Bogota with Chairman Jia Qinglin of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference who was paying a good-will visit to Colombia.

Uribe asked Jia to convey his cordial greetings and best wishes to President Hu Jintao. He said high-level contacts between Colombia and China in recent years have further promoted development of the bilateral relations. Uribe hoped that the two sides will make joint efforts to implement the important consensus reached between him and President Hu on reciprocal cooperation during his visit to Beijing in April this year. Colombia is willing to take concrete measures to promote bilateral cooperation in the economic and trade areas. There is great potential for bilateral cooperation in energy, textiles and household electrical appliances and to strengthen bilateral cooperation in these areas will bring benefits to both sides. Colombia welcomes investment and cooperation from Chinese enterprises. Uribe reiterated the Colombian government would continue to firmly uphold the one-China policy.

Jia conveyed to Uribe the cordial greetings and best wishes from President Hu Jintao. He said 2005 is a very important year for the development of China-Colombia relations. The two countries jointly celebrated the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties in February and in April presidents of the two countries reached broad consensus in Beijing on strengthening bilateral reciprocal cooperation, laying a new foundation for the further development of the bilateral relations. China attaches great importance to its relations with Colombia and it is in the common interests of the two peoples to accelerate the implementation of the consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries. China is willing to work with Colombia to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in different forms and areas to achieve a win-win outcome and common development. Jia said China appreciates Colombia's adherence to the one-China policy, and hoped Colombia will continue to support China's reunification cause.

The two sides also exchanged views on other issues of common concern.

Jia arrived in Bogota, the capital city of Colombia, by a special plane on the evening of May 15 for an official good-will visit to the country after concluding his visit to Cuba. Jia was greeted by President of Colombian Congress and Senate Luis Gomez as well as Chinese Ambassador to Colombia Wu Changshen and other embassy staffs at the airport.