Xi dispatches envoy to Equatorial Guinea's independence anniversary

MALABO - President Xi Jinping's special envoy Zhang Chunxian attended on Friday the 50th independence anniversary of Equatorial Guinea.

Zhang, a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, was invited by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, with whom Zhang met on Thursday.

Zhang conveyed Xi's warm greetings and best wishes to Obiang, and passed him a congratulatory letter from the president.