China hopes that Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Cuba will boost the two countries' relations and expand bilateral cooperation, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhang Qiyue told a regular press conference Tuesday.

Zhang said that Hu just ended his talks with Fidel Castro, president of the Council of State of Cuba. Both sides expressed their satisfaction with the sound development of bilateral relations and wished to deepen their cooperation in a broader way.

After their talks, the two sides signed a package of agreements on cooperation in economy, technology, plant quarantine, bio-technology and education, she said.

China is willing to expand its cooperation with Cuba and to bring the Sino-Cuban relations to a higher level, she said.