2014年CRI 中国和委内瑞拉签署多项协议扩大合作 台风麦德姆来袭（在线收听）

Venezuela and China have signed a raft of new bilateral agreements as the two countries attempt to broaden their cooperation.

The signing of the agreements has been overseen by visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro.

The two sides have signed nearly 40 new agreements in the areas including technology and innovation, oil and mining, finance, land transportation, infrastructure and agriculture.

Xi Jinping also says China stands ready to expand satellite technology transfers to Venezuela.

For his part, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says political contacts between the two sides remains solid.

The Chinese president is in Caracas for the third leg of his tour of Latin America, which will also take him to Cuba.

Another powerful tropical storm is approaching China.

Typhoon Matmo is currently tracking northwest toward the northern tip of Taiwan.

The storm, which is currently packing winds of 130-kilometers per hour, is tracking directly toward Taipei, and is expected to hit the island sometime in the next 24-hours.

Meantime, the death toll from Typhoon Rammasun, described as one of the strongest storms to hit southern China in decades, has now risen to 33.

A number of new deaths are being reported in Yunnan in connection with the storm.