Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with a German delegation led by Dieter Althaus, a member of the Presidium of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Monday in Beijing.

Both sides spoke positively of the relations between China and Germany and the role played by party-to-party relations in promoting their sustained, stable and sound development.

Wang said that the CPC attached great importance to and was ready to enhance exchanges and cooperation with all major German parties including the CDU, and promote a sound development of the Sino-German strategic partnership of global responsibility.

Althaus, also premier of Thuringen, said he hoped to expand economic and trade cooperation between China and Thuringen.

The two sides also had an in-depth exchange of views on their respective domestic reforms and development.

Source: Xinhua