Rousseff said Brazil-China ties have scored great progress through the joint efforts of the two nations, which also benefit the relations and cooperation between Latin-American nations and China.

Li' s visit marks an important moment in bilateral ties, she said, adding Brazil is willing to work with China to deepen cooperation in infrastructure construction, finance, telecommunication, agriculture, energy, aviation and aerospace.

She called on the two sides to enhance industrial capacity cooperation and jointly carry out research on the building of the railway connecting the Brazilian Atlantic coast with the Peruvian Pacific coast.

She urged the two countries to take up the opportunity of the signing of a joint action plan to lift bilateral ties to a new height.

Brazil will maintain close communication and coordination with China on major international and regional issues to jointly safeguard the interests of the developing world, said the president.

After their talks, the two leaders signed the 2015-2021 joint action plan between the two countries and witnessed the inking of 35 cooperative documents covering areas of industrial capacity, infrastructure construction, finance, aviation, agriculture, new energy, telecommunication, science and technology.

The two sides issued a joint statement between the governments of China and Brazil as well as a joint statement on climate change.

Brazil is the first stop of Li's four-nation Latin America tour, his first to the region since he assumed premiership in 2013. Besides Brazil, Li will also visit Colombia, Peru and Chile.