BEIJING - A Chinese delegation left Beijing on Monday for goodwill visits to Algeria, Switzerland, Iceland and Italy.
The delegation was headed by Wang Gang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and also vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), according to a press release from the CPPCC.
The delegation is making the visits at the invitation of Algeria's national economic and social council, the Swiss Federal Assembly, Althing (Parliament) of Iceland and the Italian Senate, said the release.