During a press conference in Beijing on Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro shows off a foldable Huawei mobile phone that was a present from President Xi Jinping. Photo: VCG

Xi shakes hands with Maduro at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. The two leaders signed agreements aimed at enhancing cooperation in the areas such as trade, tourism, aerospace and the economy. Photo: Xinhua

Premier Li Qiang met with Maduro at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday morning. Photo: Xinhua

Maduro and Cilia Flores, Venezuela’s first lady, visit facilities of the China Academy of Aerospace Technology in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

A child welcomes Maduro with a bouquet of flowers on Tuesday morning as he arrived in Beijing on a high-speed train. Photo: VCG

Maduro attends a meeting on Monday with Lin Wu, the secretary of the Party Committee of the Communist Party of Shandong province in the provincial capital of Jinan. Photo: VCG

The Venezuelan leader visits the headquarters of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) in Shanghai on Sunday, accompanied by NDB president Dilma Rousseff, who is also a former president of Brazil. Photo: VCG

Maduro watches a welcome drone show in Shenzhen on Sept. 8. Photo: The Paper