Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Brussels Sunday for a state visit to Belgium, the first ever made by a Chinese head of state to the country in 27 years.

Belgium is the last leg of Xi's four-nation European trip. Before Belgium, he visited the Netherlands, France and Germany, and attended the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.

Belgium, China "really good match": Belgian ambassador

Belgium is looking forward to further cooperation with China as the two countries are "really good match," Belgian Ambassador to China Michel Malherbe said in an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet ahead of the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Belgium welcomes Xi's visit as a "crown" since the two countries established diplomatic relationship in 1971, said Michel Malherbe. >>>More

Full text of Chinese president's article published on Le Soir of Belgium

The Belgian paper Le Soir Saturday published an article by Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his visit to Belgium.

The article, titled Friendship and Cooperation Bring Better Life to Both China and Europe, is translated as follows: >>>More