BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The top trade unions of China and Mexico on Tuesday have agreed to step up cooperation and cement relations between workers from the two countries.

"The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and the Mexican Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Farmers (MRCWF) should increase exchanges, as one way of boosting China-Mexico ties," ACFTU President Wang Zhaoguo said in a meeting with MRCWF General Secretary Isaias Gonzalez.

Wang, also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said the two trade unions should work together more closely to cope with the challenges posed by economic globalization.

He also proposed more worker exchanges.

Gonzalez said his confederation would like to work with the ACFTU to better safeguard workers' rights.

Formally set up on May 1, 1925, the ACFTU is the world's largest union in terms of membership, with 150 million members and1.174 million branches by July 2006.