China-Mexico ties face unprecedented opportunity(3)

In the economic arena, he added, the two sides should further explore their cooperation potential, create new cooperation patterns, and expand converging interests, so as to foster an enduring and stable partnership of mutually beneficial economic cooperation and trade.

They should also enhance cultural exchanges and build "an exemplary relationship of different civilizations living in harmony and reinforcing each other," Xi said.

The Chinese president also expressed the hope that the two sides will make concerted efforts to put in place a forum of China-Latin America cooperation at an early date.

"We are firmly convinced that a stronger partnership of comprehensive cooperation between China and Latin America will boost the development of both sides and will serve the peace, stability and prosperity of the region and the world," he said.

In addition, Xi said China has set the target for its future development and will continue to hold high in the course of development the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win outcome.

"We will continue the reform and opening-up program, promote common development and bring more opportunities to the world," said the Chinese president.

For his part, Ricardo Anaya Cortes, chairman of the Permanent Committee of Mexico's Congress of the Union, said both China and Mexico are major developing countries striving for the same goal of promoting national development and improving the well-being of the people.

The two countries, he said, are partners for mutually beneficial cooperation and common development, and should collaborate more closely for the sake of each other's development and world peace.

Mexico is the last leg of Xi's ongoing three-nation Latin America tour, which has already taken him to Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica.

From Mexico, Xi will fly to the U.S. state of California to hold a summit meeting with US President Barack Obama.