Also on Wednesday, Zhou met with Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist and a former Nepalese prime minister.
Zhou highly appreciated Madhav Kumar Nepal's contribution to the China-Nepal friendship, while Nepal said his country was committed to boosting the friendly ties with China and hoped to learn from China's experience in socio-economic development.
Zhou arrived here Tuesday for an official goodwill visit, the first leg of his ongoing five-nation Asian tour, which will also take him to Laos, Cambodia, Tajikistan and Mongolia.