BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales Ayma will pay a state visit to China from June 18 to 19, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Morales, born in 1959, first won the presidential election in 2005 and took office in January 2006, becoming Bolivia's first president from the indigenous community since the country gained independence.
He won the election again in December 2009, after a referendum the same year approved a new constitution, and assumed office in January 2010.
In October 2014, Morales was re-elected and took office in January 2015 for another five-year term.
He visited China in January 2006 as Bolivia's president-elect. Five years later, he visited China again and attended the opening ceremony of the 26th Summer Universiade, a comprehensive games organized by the International University Sports Association, in Shenzhen, southern China.
In December 2013, Morales paid a state visit to China. In July 2014, President Xi met him during the dialogue between BRICS leaders and presidents from South American nations, a sideline event after the conclusion of the Sixth BRICS Summit in Brazil.
