China will sign aircraft, currency and agricultural deals during Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Latin America next week.

In addition, work will start on a feasibility study of plans for a transcontinental railroad project involving China, Brazil and Peru that will link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Li will start his first trip to Latin America on Sunday and will visit Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Chile, said Vice-Foreign Minister Wang Chao. The tour is intended to restructure China's resource-focused economic exchanges with the region, he added.