On June 17, 2013, Vice President Li Yuanchao held talks with Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Vice President of the Council of State and First Vice President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, at the Great Hall of the People.

Li Yuanchao said that in recent years the China-Cuba relationship has entered a new stage of comprehensive development and the two countries have learned from each other on building socialism with their respective characteristics. Under the new circumstance, the two sides need to deepen political mutual trust, to grasp the opportunities for expanding mutually beneficial cooperation and people-to-people exchanges and to promote bilateral relations to a new level.

Diaz-Canel said that Cuba underscores its relationship with China from a strategic perspective and is willing to continuously strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of economy, trade, culture, education, science and technology, as well as exchange of experience on building socialism.

Qi Xuchun, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was present at the welcome ceremony.