Li Peng, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, returned to Beijing on December 6 after concluding an official good-will visit to Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Israel, Palestine and Oman.

Li's entourage, incuding his wife Zhu Lin; He Chunlin, secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee; Yin Kesheng, member of the NPC Standing Committee and vice-chairman of the NPC Ethnic Affairs Committee; Song Qingwei, a NPC deputy and vice- chairman of NPC Foreign Affairs Committee; Pang Xianzhi, member of the NPC Standing Committee and member of the NPC Committee for Internal and Judical Affairs; Zhang Jianmin, a NPC deputy and chairman of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee; Meng Fulin, a NPC deputy and chairman of the Anhui Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee; Lu Congmin, a NPC deputy and deputy secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee; Ji Peiding, vice-foreign minister; and Wu Wenchang, director of the NPC Chairman's Office, returned aboard the same plane.

Li was greeted at the Great Hall of the People by Tian Jiyun, vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee; Luo Gan, State Councilor; Hu Guangbao, deputy director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Jiang Yunbao and Liu Zhen, deputy secretaries-general of the NPC Standing Committee, Wu Donghe, vice foreign minister, and diplomatic envoys in Beijing of the six countries.