BEIJING, July 25 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday returned to Beijing from his Latin America visit.

During the trip from July 15 to 23, his second one to the region after taking office in March 2013, Xi paid state visits to Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba, and attended the sixth summit of the emerging-market bloc of BRICS, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and a meeting with Latin American and Caribbean leaders.

Xi made a stopover on the western Portuguese island of Terceira on his way back to Beijing. He met with Portuguese Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas, representative of President Anibal Cavaco Silva.