Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela gifted books on Chinese culture and governance to the President of the Supreme Court Committee

On March 3, 2016, Zhao Bentang, the Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela, visited Gutierrez, the President of the Venezuelan Supreme Court Committee, where they discussed increased judicial cooperation among both governments. According to an article by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zhang gifted Gutierrez the Spanish version of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of the Country” in addition to various other books. The three volumes (published in 2014, 2017, and 2020) of “The Governance of China” contains a collection of speeches and writings by Xi Jinping, articulating his political philosophy about Chinese economics, international affairs, technology, and peaceful co-existence. Ambassador Zhao also gifted the Spanish version of the book to Davila, the Editor-in-Chief of Últimas Noticias newspaper (see project ID #90042), Ruben Dario Molina, the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (see project ID #90128), Eduardo Mendez, the Executive Director of the Simón Bolívar Music Foundation (see project ID #90062), Gregorio Montero, the Secretary-General of the Latin American Center for Development Administration (see project ID # 90126), Tibisay Lucena, the President of Venezuela’s National Election Commission (see project ID #90130), Elías Jaua, the Venezuelan Minister of Education (see project ID #90131) across various diplomatic meetings and visits.

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Although the projects mentioned within the description aren’t connected, they are mentioned because Ambassador Zhao gifted the same book throughout all the projects.

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