China congratulated Venezuela on Monday on successfully holding its presidential election, as well as Nicolas Maduro on his reelection as president.

China and Venezuela are good friends and good partners supporting each other, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular news conference.

Noting that this year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Lin said China highly values the development of bilateral ties, and hopes to work with Venezuela to keep enriching the content of their all-weather strategic partnership to better benefit the people of both countries.