Foreign and Military Affairs

China, Zimbabwe to cement inter-party ties

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-31 21:01

HARARE - The Communist Party of China (CPC) and Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF will strengthen their inter-party relations in a bid to promote bilateral economic cooperation, a Chinese official said on Monday.

Visiting senior Chinese party official Wang Gang, a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, made the remarks when he was having a meeting with Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF National Chairman Jonathan Moyo and other officials at the Zanu-PF headquarters in Harare.

Wang said this year marks the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the 30th anniversary of the ruling of Zanu-PF over the country. Under the leadership of President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF, the Zimbabwean people have made great achievements in developing the economy and improving the living standards.

Wang made a four-point proposal to further develop the inter-party relations between CPC and Zanu-PF, namely, to strengthen high-level exchange, to enhance exchange in ruling experiences, to promote bilateral cooperation and to make efforts to promote folk or informal exchange between the two countries. By doing so, Wang said, the Sino-Zimbabwe relations can be developed in a comprehensive way.

Wang and Moyo also attended the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding of the inter-party cooperation and exchange between CPC and Zanu-PF.