Leaders of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (IDCPC) have recently met with several delegations of European left-wing political figures.
On October 20, IDCPC Minister Liu Haixing met with a delegation of Italy’s Five Star Movement, led by Ettore Antonio Licheri, Vice President of the movement and Vice Chair of the Italian Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee.
Liu welcomed the delegation’s first official visit to China, noting that China and Italy enjoy a long history of exchanges, with the ancient Silk Road connecting the two peoples more than 2,000 years ago. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have maintained mutual trust and close cooperation, setting an example of mutually beneficial cooperation between countries with different social systems, cultural backgrounds and stages of development. The CPC appreciates the positive role played by the Five Star Movement in promoting China-Italy and China-Europe relations, including its active support for Belt and Road cooperation. The CPC stands ready to deepen exchanges and mutual learning with the Five Star Movement on party governance and state administration, strengthen exchanges between young cadres, think tanks and media organisations of the two Parties, and promote mutual understanding between the two peoples. The two sides should leverage inter-party channels to facilitate cooperation in trade and economic relations, scientific and technological innovation, green development, culture and local exchanges, and strengthen multilateral coordination to jointly promote the sound and steady development of China-Italy and China-Europe relations.
Liu also expressed the hope that Italy, and the Five Star Movement in particular, would uphold the one-China principle and effectively safeguard the political foundation of China-Italy relations.
Licheri said that the delegation’s visit to China aims to strengthen political mutual trust through inter-party exchanges. China has maintained strong development momentum in recent years, creating new opportunities for Italy’s development. Belt and Road cooperation is conducive to helping Italy achieve a better trade balance with China and enabling Italian businesses to gain better access to the vast Chinese market. The Five Star Movement upholds the one-China principle and is willing to actively support the Italian government in strengthening friendly cooperation with China within the framework of the European Union. The Five Star Movement advocates popular sovereignty and believes economic development should benefit ordinary people. It also supports resolving international conflicts through diplomatic negotiations as a priority. These positions share much in common with the policies and principles of the CPC. The concept of a community with a shared future for humanity, put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping, has important significance for our times. The Five Star Movement welcomes a greater role for China in promoting world peace and development and will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the CPC.
On October 26, Vice-minister Lu Kang met with a delegation of the Left Group in the European Parliament, led by its Co-Chair Martin Schirdewan.
He said that the CPC stands ready to strengthen exchanges with the Left Group in the European Parliament, enhance mutual understanding and trust between China and the EU, foster correct mutual perceptions, advance openness and cooperation, and promote the sound and steady development of the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership.
Schirdewan, who is also a co-leader of Germany’s Die Linke (The Left) party, said that the Left Group in the European Parliament adheres to the one-China principle and stands ready to continue promoting dialogue and exchanges between the EU and China across various fields so as to boost the development of EU-China relations.
On November 5, Lu Kang met with a delegation led by Jose Luis Centella, President of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). Lu said that the CPC stands ready to deepen exchanges with the PCE on experience in Party self-governance and discipline, strengthen solidarity and coordination, and work together to uphold multilateralism and safeguard world peace and stability. He expressed the hope that the PCE, the Transform! Europe Foundation and the Cátedra China Foundation would continue to promote exchanges among political parties, think tanks, social organisations and other sectors in China and Spain, as well as between China and Europe, and actively contribute to the sound and steady development of China-Spain and China-Europe relations.
Centella said that the PCE pays close attention to Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. It will learn from the CPC’s experience and practices in exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance and further improve its own ideological and organisational development. The PCE stands ready to strengthen inter-party exchanges and cooperation with the CPC, play a constructive role in continuously deepening the comprehensive strategic partnerships between Spain and China and between the European Union and China, and make new contributions to building a community with a shared future for humanity.
Also, on the same day, Vice-minister Ma Hui met with leaders of communist parties in Latin America who were in China to attend the 16th World Socialism Forum. He said that the CPC stands ready to strengthen exchanges with communist parties in Latin America on concepts and practices of party self-governance, strengthen experience exchange in party building, learn from each other, enhance their respective capacity and level of party self-governance, and promote party building.
The Latin American comrades said that they look forward to further strengthening exchanges with the CPC on experience in party building, actively promoting the development of relations between Latin America and China, and contributing to building a community with a shared future for humanity.
The following articles were originally published on the website of the IDCPC.
Liu Haixing Meets with a Delegation of the Five Star Movement of Italy
Beijing, October 20th (IDCPC)—Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today with a delegation of Italy’s Five Star Movement, led by Ettore Antonio Licheri, Vice President of the Five Star Movement and Vice Chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
Liu welcomed the delegation’s first official visit to China led by Licheri, noting that China and Italy enjoy a long history of exchanges, with the ancient Silk Road connecting the two peoples more than 2,000 years ago. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have maintained mutual trust and close cooperation, setting an example of mutually beneficial cooperation between countries with different social systems, cultural backgrounds and stages of development. The CPC appreciates the positive role played by the Five Star Movement in promoting China-Italy and China-Europe relations, including its active support for Belt and Road cooperation. The CPC is currently leading the Chinese people in advancing Chinese modernization, and China’s economy enjoys promising development prospects. The CPC stands ready to deepen exchanges and mutual learning with the Five Star Movement on party governance and state administration, strengthen exchanges between young cadres, think tanks and media organizations of the two Parties, and promote mutual understanding between the two peoples. The two sides should leverage inter-party channels to facilitate cooperation in trade and economic relations, scientific and technological innovation, green development, culture and local exchanges, and strengthen multilateral coordination to jointly promote the sound and steady development of China-Italy and China-Europe relations. Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests. Liu expressed the hope that Italy, and the Five Star Movement in particular, would uphold the one-China principle and effectively safeguard the political foundation of China-Italy relations.
Licheri said that the delegation’s visit to China aims to strengthen political mutual trust with China through inter-party exchanges. China has maintained strong development momentum in recent years, creating new opportunities for Italy’s development. Belt and Road cooperation is conducive to helping Italy achieve a better trade balance with China and enabling Italian businesses to gain better access to the vast Chinese market. The Five Star Movement upholds the one-China principle and is willing to actively support the Italian government in strengthening friendly cooperation with China within the framework of the European Union. The Five Star Movement advocates popular sovereignty and believes economic development should benefit ordinary people. It also supports resolving international conflicts through diplomatic negotiations as a priority. These positions share much in common with the policies and principles of the CPC. The concept of a community with a shared future for humanity, put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping, has important significance for our times. The Five Star Movement welcomes a greater role for China in promoting world peace and development and will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the CPC.
Lu Kang, Vice-minister of the IDCPC, attended related activities.
Lu Kang Meets with a Delegation of Left Group in the European Parliament
Beijing, October 26th (IDCPC)—Lu Kang, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today on the morning with a delegation of the Left Group in the European Parliament, led by its Co-Chair Martin Schirdewan.
Lu said, China has always attached importance to China-EU relations. As profound changes unseen in a century accelerate across the world, the strategic significance and global impact of China-EU relations have become more prominent. The CPC stands ready to strengthen exchanges with the Left Group in the European Parliament, enhance mutual understanding and trust between China and the EU, foster correct mutual perceptions, advance openness and cooperation, and promote the sound and steady development of the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership.
Schirdewan said, EU-China relations are of great importance to both sides and the whole world. The Left Group in the European Parliament adheres to the one-China principle and stands ready to continue promoting dialogue and exchanges between the EU and China across various fields to boost the development of EU-China relations.
The two sides also exchanged views on international and regional issues of common concern.
Lu Kang Meets with a Delegation Led by Jose Luis Centella, President of the Communist Party of Spain
Beijing, November 5th (IDCPC)—Lu Kang, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with a delegation led by Jose Luis Centella, President of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).
Lu made an in-depth introduction of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. He said that the CPC stands ready to deepen exchanges with the PCE on experience in Party self-governance and discipline, strengthen solidarity and coordination, and work together to uphold multilateralism and safeguard world peace and stability. He expressed the hope that the PCE, the Transform! Europe Foundation and the Cátedra China Foundation would continue to promote exchanges among political parties, think tanks, social organizations and other sectors in China and Spain, as well as China and Europe, and actively contribute to the sound and steady development of China-Spain and China-Europe relations.
Centella said that the PCE pays close attention to Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. It will learn from the CPC’s experience and practices in exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance and further improve its own ideological and organizational development. The PCE stands ready to strengthen inter-party exchanges and cooperation with the CPC, play a constructive role in continuously deepening the comprehensive strategic partnerships between Spain and China and between the European Union and China, and make new contributions to building a community with a shared future for humanity. Representatives of the Transform! Europe Foundation and the Cátedra China Foundation said that they were ready to expand exchanges with China between think tanks and in the people-to-people and cultural fields, and promote a more objective and comprehensive understanding of China in Europe.
The two sides also exchanged views on international and regional issues of common interest.
Ma Hui Meets with Leaders of Communist Parties in Latin America
Beijing, November 5th (IDCPC)—Ma Hui, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with leaders of communist parties in Latin America who were in China to attend the 16th World Socialism Forum.
Ma made an in-depth introduction of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. He said that the CPC stands ready to strengthen exchanges with communist parties in Latin America on concepts and practices of Party self-governance, strengthen experience exchange in party building, learn from each other, enhance respective capacity and level of Party self-governance, and promote party building.
The foreign guests warmly congratulated the CPC on the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and spoke highly of the strategic plans made at the plenary session for consistently advancing full and rigorous Party self-governance. They said that the CPC has the courage to confront problems and challenges head-on, exercises strict self-discipline, and continues to advance self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal and self-enhancement, setting an example for political parties around the world. The communist parties in Latin America look forward to further strengthening exchanges with the CPC on experience in party building, actively promoting the development of relations between Latin America and China, and contributing to building a community with a shared future for humanity.
