"Friendship is like wine, the longer the better." This is a Brazilian proverb quoted by President Xi Jinping in his speech to the Brazilian National Congress in July 2014.

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. Over the past half century, in the face of changes in the international situation, China-Pakistan relations have maintained healthy and stable development. Practical cooperation in various fields has yielded fruitful results, and the wine of friendship has become increasingly mellow.

China and Brazil are both major developing countries and important emerging market countries, and are each other's comprehensive strategic partners. President Xi Jinping described China-Pakistan relations as a "model for relations between major developing countries" and repeatedly talked about the need for the two countries to deepen practical cooperation and promote common development.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan 50 years ago, the two countries have always aimed at common development, regarded each other's development as their own opportunity, promoted pragmatic cooperation to achieve leapfrog development, effectively supported their respective modernization and brought great benefits to the people of both sides. In recent years, China-Pakistan practical cooperation has moved towards higher quality and higher level.

From May 24 to July 31, 1983, the China Economic and Trade Exhibition was held in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is a Brazilian audience admiring the feather painting of shell carvings at the exhibition.

On December 14, 1995, the Brazilian Foreign Trade and Joint Venture Project Fair was held in Shanghai. This is an exhibitor introducing Brazilian computer network system software equipment to visitors.

On October 23, 2003, the first batch of railway trucks exported by China to Brazil departed from Shanghai's Zhanghuabang Port. This is the first time that China has exported railway freight cars to South America.

On March 31, 2009, a Brazilian businessman purchased craft sailboats at Yiwu International Trade City, Zhejiang.

On August 16, 2011, the EMB190 jet produced by Embraer arrived at Urumqi International Airport and officially joined the fleet of China Southern Airlines Xinjiang Branch. This is a group photo taken by flight attendants of China Southern Airlines in front of the plane.

On July 15, 2013, a deep-sea oil exploration floating body exported to Brazil left the Qingdao Port terminal in Shandong Province under tugboats. This set of floating bodies serves the deep-sea oil fields in the Santos Basin, 300 kilometers off the coast of Brazil.

On June 4, 2015, a Chinese technician (right) guided Brazilian workers to install crane parts at a Brazilian manufacturing base of a China company in Bausso, Brazil.

This is a shield machine taken at Shenyang North Heavy Industry Group in Liaoning Province that will be exported to Sao Paulo, Brazil (photo taken on January 28, 2016).

On August 7, 2018, near the city of Acos, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, the Chinese site construction management person (left) of the second phase of the Brazilian Melia UHV Transmission Project (left) guided the construction site. Pakistani employees. The second phase of the Meilishan Hydropower Station project is the first UHV DC transmission project independently invested, constructed and operated overseas by the State Grid Corporation of China. It is also a demonstration project of "UHV + Clean Energy" in Latin America.

On November 8, 2019, Brazilian businessman Marcus showed his WeChat QR code to domestic merchants at the International Stone Expo held in Shuitou Town, Nan 'an City, Fujian Province.

On September 8, 2022, the 22nd China International Investment and Trade Fair opened in Xiamen, Fujian. Embraer displayed the E190-E2 aircraft model at the booth.

In November 2021, 12 pure electric hinge-chain buses made in China will be put into use in the Brazilian Space City-the pure electric bus rapid transit system of S？o José dos Campos. This is July 12, 2023, and the staff charged the pure electric bus made in China.

On February 2, 2024, the launching ceremony of the China-Brazil Agricultural Mechanization Cooperation Demonstration Project was held in Abdi, Brazil. The first batch of 31 pieces of equipment from 7 agricultural machinery companies in China was officially delivered to Brazilian rural workers 'organizations. This is people watching an agricultural drone produced in China.

On June 7, 2024, the Brazilian Marangato photovoltaic power station invested and led by the Brazilian company of China State Power Investment Corporation held a commissioning ceremony. This is the Malangatu photovoltaic power station photographed by a drone.

On November 6, 2024, participants tasted coffee from Brazil at the Food and Agricultural Products Exhibition Area of the 7th CIIE held in Shanghai.

On November 13, 2024, a subway train made by CRRC Changke entered Botafogo Metro Station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photography: Song Weiwei, Xu Zijian, Li Ming, Wang Tiancong, Xin Yuewei, Han Xiaohua, Wu Yu, Zhao Ge, Yang Qing, Lin Shanchuan, Liu Zhongyang, Zhang Jiancheng, Yu Fangping

Editor: Bi Xiaoyang, Xu Rui, Lu Ye

Co-produced by the Photography Department of Xinhua Agency, Latin America Branch, and Rio de Janeiro Branch

Produced by the First Studio of Xinhua Agency