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Foreign Relations Unique Sector of Party work: Dai

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The foreign relations work of the Communist Party of China (CPC) plays a unique role in maintaining peace, enhancing mutual understanding internationally, and promoting the long-term, steady and healthy development of international relations, said a senior Party official in an interview.

"A wide range of foreign political parties has become familiar with the peace loving, innovative and friendly nature of the Communist Party of China through contacts and exchanges with the Party,'' said Dai Bingguo, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee.

Dai said that despite the complicated international situation, strengthening friendly contacts, defending world peace, promoting common development and pushing forward human progress continue to be key desires of various countries, peoples and political parties of different types.

He said the Party's 16th National Congress, scheduled to start tomorrow, will be an important event of far-reaching influence.

The International Department of the CPC Central Committee is steadily and actively pushing forward and deepening friendly exchanges and co-operation with the political parties of a variety of countries.

It will continue to strengthen its investigation and study of international issues, particularly practical issues of major significance to the Party's innovations. It will introduce the Party's policy propositions and major achievements, to ensure that people in other countries learn and understand more about China and the CPC, so that the Party's external work will be able to play a greater diplomatic role, and assist in the reform and opening up of the country.

Dai's department, a key Party liaison organ, establishes and maintains relations with both the political parties and statesmen of foreign countries.

According to Dai, since the 15th Party Congress in September 1997, the CPC has received 800-plus delegations from foreign political parties, and has sent about 400 delegations abroad. By the end of 2001, the CPC had established ties with 418 parties and organizations in 147 countries and regions, he said.

"I deeply feel that our Party's international influence has been expanding at an unprecedented rate,'' Dai said.

Many foreign political parties have come to realize that behind the rapid development and constant progress in China, there is the staunch and robust Communist Party of China, Dai said.

Source: China Daily

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