Senior Chinese legislator meets European Parliament delegation

Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, met with the European Parliament's delegation for relations with China led by chair Engin Eroglu in Beijing on Wednesday.

Li, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to work with the European Union (EU) to strengthen communication, enhance mutual trust, deepen cooperation, and pursue mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.

He said China stands ready to join hands with the EU to address global challenges, promote exchanges and cooperation among legislative bodies, effectively utilize communication mechanisms, and advance the sound and stable development of China-EU relations.

Eroglu said the EU stands ready to work with China to contribute to the development of EU-China relations.

Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met with Russia's Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan in Beijing on Wednesday, and they agreed to further deepen law enforcement and judicial cooperation between the two sides.

Wang said China is willing to work with Russia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, enhance law enforcement and judicial exchanges, and strengthen cooperation in combating transnational crimes.

Wang also said that China stands ready to closely coordinate and cooperate with Russia on multilateral platforms, continuously deepen law enforcement and judicial cooperation, and make new contributions to promoting China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era to reach new heights, advance more steadily and go further, Wang said.

Gutsan also expressed willingness to continuously consolidate and deepen practical cooperation with China in the field of law enforcement and judicial affairs, and push the bilateral ties to a higher level.

Both sides signed relevant cooperation documents.