CPPCC vice chairman calls for deepened relations with Romania

BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A senior political advisor pledged on Monday to promote the development of cooperation between China and Romania.

Wang Gang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks while meeting with Gabriel Oprea, head of the delegation of the National Union for Romania's Progress.

Wang, also vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said bilateral relations have maintained stable development since the two countries forged diplomatic ties more than 60 years ago.

Recent years have seen frequent exchanges of high-level visits, increased political mutual trust, fruitful economic cooperation and colorful cultural exchanges as well as mutual understanding and support on major issues concerning each other's core interests, said Wang.

Calling China-Romania relations an example of country-to-country friendly ties, Wang said the CPC attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with Romanian political parties including the National Union for Romania's Progress.

Oprea said the National Union for Romania's Progress has put development of China-Romania ties as well as party-to-party exchanges as its strategic priority.

The National Union for Romania's Progress will push forward bilateral traditional friendship through exchanges with the CPC, he said.

Romania's current coalition government was sworn in December 2009 and consists of the Democratic Liberal Party, the Hungarian Democratic Union and the National Union for Romania's Progress, a group composed of former independents.