Top legislator Zhang Dejiang will pay an official friendly visit to Portugal, Poland and Serbia from July 10 to 19, according to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee on Wednesday.
While in Russia, Zhang will attend the third meeting of the cooperation committee between the NPC and the Russian parliament, according to the NPC standing committee on Thursday.
Zhang Dejiang (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), holds talks with Canadian Speaker of the Senate George Furey in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 4, 2016.
Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), made the remarks in his talks with Chairman of Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung in Beijing.
"Our representative assemblies over the years have contributed to enhance mutual understanding and cooperation and to strengthen bilateral relations through a number of meetings," he noted.
Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China, meets with Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 27, 2015.
The chairman encouraged both sides to do more to promote mutual trust and cooperation so as to promote the development of bilateral relations and benefit the people of both countries and the world.
Zhang Dejiang (R), chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Chairman of the Pakistani Senate Mian Raza Rabbani at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Nov. 16, 2015.