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Before leaving Caracas, Chinese President Xi oversaw¹ the signing of dozens of cooperative agreements with Venezuela. One of the deals includes a $4 billion loan from China, to support the Joint² Chinese-Venezuela Fund, which will finance infrastructure³ and economic development across the South American country.

For more insight, joining us now in the studio is Mr. Zhou Jingxing, former counsellor of China’s Embassy in the US. Welcome, Mr. Zhou.

Q1. Cuba is rolling out a host of reform, including expansion of the private sector⁴, meanwhile China is focusing increasingly on direct investment in projects in Cuba. How have these benefited both sides? And what can we expect in the future?

Q2. Cuba is the last stop of President Xi Jinping’s Latin America tour. Apart from the economic front, what strategic significance does Cuba bear among the Latin American countries?

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1 oversaw
v.监督，监视( oversee的过去式 )
参考例句：
He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统，安然引退。来自互联网 Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。来自互联网

2 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 infrastructure
n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施
参考例句：
We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。 We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 sector
n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形
参考例句：
The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。 The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

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CCTV9英语新闻：中国在古巴的投资