Senior CPC official meets Japanese party leaders on bilateral ties

Source: Xinhua | 03-31-2009 08:55

TOKYO, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Visiting senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Li Changchun on Monday met separately with Hiroyuki Hosoda, secretary-general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, Ichiro Ozawa, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japan Communist Party.

Li Changchun (L), a member of the Standing Committee of  the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC)  Central Committee, meets with Hiroyuki Hosoda (R),  secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),  in Tokyo on March 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said party-to-party exchanges were an important component of the overall relationship between the two countries and that the CPC and Japan's political parties now can conduct exchanges and cooperation on a regular basis.

Party-to-party exchanges have played an important role in promoting the sound and stable development of bilateral ties and mutual understanding and trust between the two peoples, he said.