Chapter 1236 Son of Brazil
Not only the Argentine delegation visited China, but Lula also led the Brazilian delegation to visit China.
Since taking office in 2003, Lula has led a delegation to visit China every year.
This is Lula's third visit to China.
The delegation led by Lula first arrived in Hong Kong, then Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing.
During the campaign, Lula made "ensuring three meals a day for all Brazilians" his biggest mission during his tenure. After nationalizing Brazil's oil and natural gas, the Lula government implemented a series of social policies such as the "Zero Hunger Plan" and the "Family Assistance Plan".
Now, Lula is seeking to nationalize mineral resources such as niobium and iron ore.
As the largest country in South America in terms of land area, Brazil has a territory of 851.03 square kilometers, accounting for about 46% of the total area of South America, with a coastline of about 7,400 kilometers, a territorial sea width of 12 nautical miles, and an exclusive economic zone of 188 nautical miles outside the territorial sea.
Brazil has very rich mineral resources. Now Brazil has proven oil reserves of 26.9 billion barrels and natural gas reserves of 500 billion cubic meters.
Brazil has proven iron ore reserves of 29 billion tons, niobium reserves of 5.2 million tons, and timber reserves of 65.8 billion cubic meters.
Brazil has very rich hydropower resources, with 18% of the world's fresh water, 29,000 cubic meters of fresh water per capita, and hydropower reserves of 143 million kilowatts per year.
After the United States launched the Iraq War, Brazil, Venezuela and other countries sold a large amount of oil to the United States and oil and natural gas to Europe.
And because they all have to be transported by sea, Panshan Group acts as a transportation channel and an intermediary for some countries.
Since the 1980s, China and Brazil have cooperated more and more, and the total trade volume has continued to set new historical highs.
Brazil has been affected by crises several times and is on the verge of bankruptcy. It has relied on exports to China and obtained a large amount of export income to overcome difficulties.
When Lula visited China in 2003, the two sides reached a deep-level cooperation, and China helped Brazil build roads, railways, highways, ports, airports, subways, reservoirs and hydropower stations.
Since 2003, Brazil has set off a wave of infrastructure construction, and there has been a certain Brazil fever around the world. Many Chinese entrepreneurs have gone to Brazil to invest and seek business opportunities.
A large number of Chinese construction companies have gone to Brazil to build roads, bridges, tunnels, docks, reservoirs and hydropower stations.
Ordinary people are recruited from local Brazilians, and technical personnel are sent to Brazil by China.
From 2003 to now, 11 million families have benefited from Lula's social policies, the income of the poor has increased by 22% in two and a half years, 5 million new jobs have been created, the minimum wage has reached the highest level in more than 20 years, and the proportion of the middle class in the national population has risen to 52%.
With this political achievement, Lula's current public support rate in Brazil is as high as 90%, making him the president with the highest public support rate in Brazilian history.
Even Lula is now called the "Son of Brazil"!
Lula is also regarded as a defender of South-South cooperation in the international community, and has been working hard to get rid of dependence on developed countries in Europe and the United States.
The Brazilian delegation led by Lula this time is so large that it has set a record high.
During this visit to China, Lula once again emphasized that China is a priority partner in Brazil's foreign policy, and the relationship between Brazil and China should become a model for future countries' common development and peaceful coexistence. China is Brazil's Asian friend, strategic partner, and diplomatic priority country.
Even Lula led the delegation to watch a match between the Brazilian national team and the Chinese men's football team in Shanghai.
What made many people embarrassed was that the Chinese men's football team was beaten 0-8!
The Chinese men's football team's disappointment is also very helpless, ranking about 40 or 50 in the world.
Brazil is a world-famous football kingdom, and like Argentina, it is a world football powerhouse.
Lula's face was not good either. He had clearly explained before that he should give in a little, and it didn't matter if he lost. As a result, he beat them 0-8. How can this football diplomacy be carried out?
Liu Tao also attended the match. He was helpless. Everyone could see that the Brazilian football team had tried its best to give in, but the team just couldn't live up to expectations.
He could only comfort himself that the Chinese national football team was a balancer of national destiny.
Suddenly, an idea came to Liu Tao's mind. Should the Chinese Super League be like those European leagues, to absorb football talents from South America and Europe, so as to promote the development of the Chinese Super League and drive the development of Chinese football?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea.
When he arrived in Beijing, Liu Tao told his secretary to include football cooperation in the agenda of the meeting between the two sides.
In football, Brazil is absolutely the best in the field of football.
Not to mention the "King of Football" Pele of the year, the current "Alien" Ronaldo is still famous.
There is also the super star "Kaka", who is also playing for AC Milan.
Unlike Argentina, Lula's visit to China this time has very little military purchases, which are probably worth hundreds of millions of RMB. After all, unlike Argentina's desire to take back the Falkland Islands, Brazil has no demand in this regard.
Over the past two decades, Brazil has made small-scale arms purchases, making its military strength strong.
Brazil's military force consists of regular army and paramilitary forces. The regular army is divided into three branches: the army, the navy and the air force. There are 314,700 active troops and 1.34 million reserve troops. Among them, the army has 222,700 active troops, 437 Type 80 main battle tanks and Type 81 medium tanks, 500 Type 81 light tanks and Type 81 amphibious tanks, and 1,000 tracked and wheeled armored vehicles.
Brazil's navy has 80,000 active troops and 18 main combat ships, including 12 Type 054 frigates, 3 landing ships, and 3 Type 052 destroyers. In addition, there are 10 Type 022 missile boats and 10 Type 022A torpedo boats.
At the Zhuhai Air Show last year, Brazil signed a Type 001 light aircraft carrier.
The Brazilian Air Force has 60,000 active troops, 150 J-6 fighters, 100 J-7 series fighters, 100 J-8 series fighters, 20 J-11 fighters, and more than 30 K8 primary trainers, J-7 advanced trainers, J-7A advanced trainers, and Eagle advanced trainers.
In the latest international military power ranking, Brazil's military power is ranked 15th.
So this time Lula's visit to China, the topics are more about politics, economy, culture and other fields, and the military field is the exchange between the two sides, not military purchases.
Lula was a little surprised about the newly added football cooperation topic, but more happy.
Whether China sends players to Brazil for training, or Brazilian coaches and players develop in China, it will only benefit Brazil and not harm it, because it can increase income.
Brazilian football is also a field that Brazil has always been proud of.
Brazilian football has long become a business card of Brazil.
In the world of football, the only football that can be compared with Brazilian football is Argentine football!
Moreover, through cooperation in football, the relationship between Brazil and China can be consolidated, which is beneficial to Brazil.
In particular, Liu Tao personally invited the Brazilian national team to eat steak, which made Lula see Liu Tao's love for football.
Lula was naturally very clear about the importance of Liu Tao.
In Brazil, Liu Tao has been praised as an "old friend of the Brazilian people" since the 1980s! (End of this chapter)
