Chen Liangyu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, left Shanghai Sunday for a friendly visit to Japan.

Chen, also secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, is invited by the Japan-China Economic Association and the Japan Association for the 2005 World Expo.

Chen will attend the "Shanghai Week" in the Expo 2005 Aichi. Shanghai will host the 2010 World Expo.

Source: Xinhua