Senior official calls for closer friendship between youths of China, Pakistan

Wang Zhaoguo (R, Front), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, meets with a 100-member Pakistani youth delegation in Beijing, capital of China, April 22, 2011. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)Chinese senior legislator Wang Zhaoguo on Friday called on the youths of China and Pakistan to make joint efforts to further enhance their mutual understanding and friendship.

Wang, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, praised the recent growth of relations between the two countries, highlighting that China and Pakistan have already forged an all-weather strategic partnership.

He made the remarks in a meeting with a 100-member Pakistani youth delegation headed by Muhammad Asif, Joint Secretary of the Economic Affairs Division of Pakistan.

He told Asif that the exchange between the two youths shapes the future of the relations between the two nations, expressing his hope that the two groups of young people can learn from each other and increase mutual understanding in an effort to push forward the strategic partnership of China and Pakistan.

Asif said that he and his delegation would make unremitting efforts to help bring raise the level of friendship between the two countries' youths.

Besides Beijing, the delegation will also travel to Chinese southern provinces of Jiangxi and Guangdong.


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