Senior CPC official calls for more contacts between young Chinese, Australian politicians

Source: Xinhua | 03-23-2009 16:42

SYDNEY, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Monday called on China and Australia to increase exchanges between young politicians of the two countries.

Marie Bashir (L), Australian acting governor-general and  New South Wales State governor, meets with Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in  Sydney, Australia, March 22, 2009.(Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks during his meeting with Malcolm Turnbull, leader of the Liberal Party, now the opposition party.

Li said that inter-party exchanges constituted an important part of state-to-state ties, noting that he made positive remarks for the role played by the Liberal Party when it was the ruling party.