China and Brazil should and will strengthen parliamentary cooperation to further the development of bilateral ties, top Chinese political adviser Jia Qinglin said Wednesday at a meeting with the president of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, Michel Temer.

Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said that in the new century, China and Brazil have been advancing cooperation in such fields as economy, science and technology, energy and finance, as well as in international affairs.

It is also conducive to promoting South-South cooperation and world economic growth as both China and Brazil are big developing countries, he said.

Pragmatic cooperation should also be strengthened in all fields, he said. 

For his part, Temer praised the increasingly solid and close China-Brazil relationship, saying it is beneficial to both countries.

On behalf of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, he expressed the will to strengthen ties with Chinese legislators.

Jia arrived Wednesday for an official goodwill visit to Brazil, the last leg of his four-nation tour, which has taken him to the Philippines, Peru and Ecuador.