A delegation from
Japan's ruling
parties arrived in Beijing Thursday evening to help prepare the
ground ahead of Premier
Wen Jiabao's state visit to Japan in April.
The delegation is led by Hidenao Nakagawa, secretary-general of
the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Kazuo Kitagawa,
secretary-general of New Komeito, LDP's ruling coalition
partner.
Sources within the CPC Central Committee's International
Department announced that President Hu Jintao should meet with the Japanese guests
during their stay.?
The delegation will deliver a speech at the CPC Central
Committee's Party School before attending a seminar at the People's
University in Beijing.
Wen will visit Japan in mid-April, the fist such visit by a
Chinese premier since 2000.
The delegation were briefed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe prior to their departure and were informed of Abe's hopes that
their visit would foster favorable conditions for Wen's upcoming
visit to Japan. He further trusted a letter for President Hu to
their keeping.
(Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2007)
