On April 6, 2013, President Xi Jinping held talks with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso in China's southern city of Sanya. The two heads of state exchanged views on bilateral ties as well as major international and regional issues of common concern and reached consensus on enhancing the ties. They also agreed to upgrade their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

As good friends and partners, the two countries have built up mutual trust and cooperation, Xi said, adding that China is satisfied with the sound development of bilateral relations. Peru took the lead in Latin America to sign a package of agreements over free trade with China, which has showed the way for the region, according to Xi. China is ready to work with Peru to take the opportunity of the establishment of comprehensive strategic partnership to write a new chapter in China-Peru friendship and cooperation.

The Chinese president said that both sides should continue to promote high-level exchanges and those between legislative bodies, political parties and local governments, as well as building a dialogue mechanism between higher levels of governments, so as to increase mutual trust and cooperation. On the basis of bilateral free trade agreements, the two countries need to fully tap complementary advantages, optimize trade structures, expand trade scale, strive to facilitate key projects that benefit both sides, and strengthen tangible cooperation in the fields of agriculture, mineral products, infrastructure and projects concerning people's livelihoods, he added. China and Peru are both ancient civilizations and the two sides should actively create conditions to encourage people-to-people and cultural exchanges. Xi stressed, "China and Peru should maintain communication and coordination on major international issues, and strengthen cooperation within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, in a bid to uphold the rights and interests of developing countries."

Humala said China is an important strategic partner of Peru. He said the purpose of his current visit is to advance cooperation and further enhance the level of bilateral relations. He expressed hope for high-level exchanges with China, strengthened policy dialogue and exchanges, expanded cooperation and seeking new areas of growth for trade and investment cooperation. "We encourage Chinese businesses to invest and develop in Peru," he added. According to Humala, the Peruvian side will actively promote personnel exchanges and cooperation in areas such as education and tourism between the two countries, and welcomes more Confucius Institutes to be established in Peru. Peru attaches great importance to the positive role of China in international and regional affairs and is willing to continue to keep communication and coordination between the two countries in the Asia-Pacific affairs. As the founding nation of the regional Pacific Alliance, Peru is willing to propel this bloc to build relations with China, he noted.

Following the talks, the two heads of state attended the signing ceremony of an agreement on economic and technical cooperation as well as cooperation documents concerning agriculture, forestry, education, culture, poverty alleviation, disaster reduction and relief.

Prior to the talks, Xi held a welcome ceremony for Humala’s visit.

Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu and Yang Jiechi attended the ceremony.