Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee, arrived in Lisbon on Monday on his way to a Latin
American trip.
His March 19-April 5 visits will take him to Mexico, Venezuela,
Surinam, Peru and Samoa, a South Pacific island nation.
In Portugal, Li will meet with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose
Socrates. He will also tour a number of cultural and historical
sites in Lisbon, including the 1998 World Expo site.
With China's biggest city Shanghai bracing for the 2010 World
Expo, the two countries have signed a memo on sharing the expertise
that Lisbon gained when hosting the 1998 World Expo.
China and Portugal officially forged an all-round strategic
partnership in 2005 as a result of an exchange of visits by the
leaders of the two countries.
(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2007)
