Xi will hold talks with his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, meet with President of the Parliament Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues and Prime Minister Antonio Costa.
Xi called for building an open world economy through cooperation, with innovation and mutual benefit. "We need to stand firm against protectionism and unilateralism," he said.
Xi arrived in Rome Thursday for a state visit to Italy, the first stop of Xi's three-nation Europe tour, which will also take him to Monaco and France.
XINING - Construction on a production base for lithium carbonate, a raw material for making lithium batteries, is expected to begin in March in China's lithium-rich province of Qinghai.
Xi once again congratulated Putin on the start of his new term as president, and said he appreciated that Putin selected China as the country for his first state visit in his new term.
Xi made the statement in an interview with Russian media ahead of his departure for the July 3-4 state visit to Russia.
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Xi said at a meeting in February that making such a decision demands tremendous political courage, but "time calls for resolute action, otherwise, we would be in trouble".
Xi made his ambitions for the Belt and Road Initiative clear at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, when he defended globalization and called for countries to work together to tackle the world's many uncertainties.
Xi welcomed Moon on his state visit to China for the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Xi made the remarks while meeting with Vincent Siew, honorary chairman of the Taiwan-based Cross-Strait Common Market Foundation, at Boao, Hainan province on the sidelines of the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia annual conference on Tuesday.