President of the Danish Parliament Christian Mejdahl said that top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo's visit to Denmark will enhance the ties between the two parliaments and the two countries.

Wu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, China's legislature, is scheduled to arrive in Denmark on Monday for a three-day official visit.

On the eve of Wu's visit to Denmark, Mejdahl told Xinhua that as a friendly gesture maintained for years, a delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament will visit China in mid-June, for the third time in 10 years.

The frequent exchanges of visits and ideas have proven to be important and helpful to consolidating relations between the two countries since the two countries established diplomatic ties 54 years ago, he said.

In February, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited China and called on the two countries to expand cooperation in the fields of trade, technology and agriculture. Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji visited Denmark in September, 2002.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at a meeting with Rasmussen that Sino-Danish ties have been strengthened on the basis of mutual respect.

The Danish prime minister reiterated that Denmark maintains "one-China" policy and Taiwan's so-called "referendum" failed to contribute to the stability across the strait.

Positive political relations have led to stronger economic ties between the two countries.

Despite a slowdown in Denmark's economic development, total trade between the two countries rose 58.2 percent last year to 2.46 billion US dollars.

By the end of 2003, Denmark's total investment in China amounted to 1.41 billion US dollars and nearly all its well-known multinational companies branched out their business in China.

Earlier, Rasmussen told Xinhua that Danish companies, keen to explore the Chinese market, are expecting better trade relations with China and more cooperation, especially in the fields of bio-technology, health and transportation.

Meanwhile, both counties have been working to increase their exchanges in education, art and other fields.

The number of Chinese students going to Denmark in pursuit of higher education rose by four times last year.