On the afternoon of May 24 local time, at the invitation of President Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria of the Republic of Chile, Premier Li Keqiang arrived at the Santiago International Airport by special plane, starting his official visit to Chile. Mme. Cheng Hong, wife of Premier Li Keqiang, arrived by the same plane.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Heraldo Muñoz and other senior government officials of Chile went to the airport to greet them. Guards of courtesy lined up to salute Premier Li Keqiang and his wife. H.E. Li Baorong, Chinese Ambassador to Chile, also welcomed them at the airport.

Li Keqiang expressed that as the first among all South American countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and as one of the first countries in Latin America to sign Free Trade Agreement with China, Chile has been at the forefront of developing relations with China among all countries in the region. My visit this time is intended to consolidate the traditional friendship and deepen political mutual trust between the two countries, achieve an overall improvement of China-Chile cooperation in such fields as Free Trade Area, finance, production capacity and equipment manufacturing and infrastructure construction, and transform the potentials of deepening bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation into the driving forces accelerating common development, allowing the China-Chile strategic partnership to move on from a new starting point towards a higher goal.

During his visit, Li Keqiang will hold talks with President Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria and together they will meet the press and attend the Economy and Trade Seminar in memory of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of China-Chile diplomatic relations, and the 7th meeting of China-Chile Entrepreneur Committee. Li Keqiang will also deliver a speech in the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC) by request.

Li Keqiang and his wife Mme. Cheng Hong arrived in Santiago after concluding their successful official visit to Peru. When they left Lima, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ana Maria Sanchez of Peru and H.E. Huang Minhui, Chinese Ambassador to Peru, went to the airport to see them off.