Gabonese president to make state visit to China

At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema will begin on Tuesday his first state visit to China since assuming office.

Xi will hold a welcoming ceremony and a welcoming banquet for Nguema, and the two heads of state will hold talks, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a daily news briefing in Beijing on Monday.

Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, will meet with him separately, Mao added.

The five-day visit will also take the Gabonese president to Shanghai, where he will attend the 9th China International Import Expo, which is scheduled to open on Thursday.

Higher level of Sino-Russian partnership called for

Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, met with Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko in Beijing on Monday. Zhao highlighted the need for the legislative bodies of both countries to serve the overall development of China-Russia relations.

Also on Monday, Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, met with Matviyenko. He called on both countries to deepen pragmatic cooperation and promote the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era to reach a higher level.

Matviyenko congratulated the successful convening of the fifth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, saying that Russia is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China in various fields.

Senior CPC official meets with Communist Party of Vietnam delegation

Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, met on Monday in Beijing with the delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Nguyen Thanh Nghi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPV Central Committee, secretary of the CPV Central Committee and chairman of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Policies and Strategies.

The two sides expressed their willingness to implement the consensus of the leaders of both countries to promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

Efforts urged to promote plenum's guiding principles

Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, called on Monday for studying and implementing the guiding principles of the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.

Cai made the remarks at a mobilization meeting on a lecture program for promoting the guiding principles of the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.

He underlined the need to deeply understand the significance of the session and to carry out the promotion of the guiding principles of the session with a highly responsible attitude.

CHINA DAILY