Also known as the Fifth Seminar for Parliaments of Developing Countries, the theme was, "Stronger Inter-Parliamentary Exchanges for Better Achievement of the SDGs." Twenty-nine senior parliamentarians and officials from nine countries, including Cambodia, Guyana, Honduras, Kiribati, Laos, the Maldives, South Africa, Suriname and Thailand, gathered in China to enhance exchanges and learn from each other’s development.
Diplomats from 36 countries, including Mozambique, El Salvador and Seychelles, were invited to visit the Nanmofang township legislative liaison station, which is under the local legislative outreach office of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China located in the Chaoyang district in Beijing.
At the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, speaker of the House of Assembly Patricia Deveaux and president of the Senate Julie LaShell Adderley of the Bahamian parliament jointly led a delegation to visit China from April 7 to 12.
Karol Cariola Oliva, speaker of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, will lead a delegation to visit China from July 15 to 21 at the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, it was announced on Saturday.
At the invitation of Viacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament's lower house, the State Duma, and Chairwoman of Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, China's top legislator Zhao Leji paid an official goodwill visit to Russia from July 9 to 13.
At the invitation of Tanzila Narbayeva, chairperson of the Senate of Uzbekistan, and Nurdinjon Ismoilov, speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, China's top legislator Zhao Leji paid an official goodwill visit to Uzbekistan from July 6 to 9.
On July 3, Wu Weihua, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, met with a delegation led by Luis Roberto Barroso, chief justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court, in Beijing.
China's top legislator Zhao Leji will pay an official goodwill visit to Uzbekistan and Russia from July 6 to 13.