Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife pose for a photo with Xie Feng (left), member of the CPC Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday. Photo: VCG

The South American leader receives a flower bouquet from a child at the airport. Photo: VCG

Lula waves while entering Shanghai’s Peace Hotel on Wednesday night. He visited the New Development Bank and Huawei’s innovation center in the city on Thursday. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV/IC Photo

Lula waits to get in the car to the hotel at the airport. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV/IC Photo

Lula and his wife disembark at Pudong International Airport. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV/VCG

The jet carrying Lula and various delegations lands in Shanghai at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Brazilian leader’s state visit will run through Saturday. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV/VCG

Lula shakes hands with China’s ambassador to Brazil, Zhu Qingqiao at the Palácio do Planalto in Brasília on Feb. 3. Photo: Sergio Lima/VCG

Lula greets members from the China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing in May 2009. Lula visited China in 2004 and 2009 during his first and second terms as President of Brazil, respectively. Photo: VCG