Li Zhanshu (R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, meets with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachit, who is attending the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), on Friday met with Lao President Bounnhang Vorachit, who is attending the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.
Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to strengthen high-level contacts between the two countries and push forward the bilateral relations.
Li said that the NPC is willing to enhance exchanges and cooperation with the Lao National Assembly.
Bounnhang, also general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, said Laos is ready to work closely with China to make new progress in building a community with a shared future for the two countries.
