Liang Guanglie, chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), concluded official goodwill visits to the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and returned to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Saturday.

Liang, also member of the Central Military Commission, started the visit on Oct. 24 at the invitation of the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers, Australian Chief Commander of the Defense Forces Peter Cosgrove, and New Zealand's Chief of the Defense Forces Bruce Ferguson.