国内英语新闻:Senior CPC leader meets German Saxony state premier

DRESDEN, Germany, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, a senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), met with Stanislaw Tillich, premier of the eastern German state of Saxony here on Monday.

Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, arrived here earlier in the day for an official goodwill visit.

Cooperation between localities constitutes an important part of Sino-German ties, Li said. He spoke highly of the fruitful bilateral cooperation in economy and trade, education, culture and environmental protection.

Li Changchun (L), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meets with Saxony's State Premier Stanislaw Tillich in Dresden, Germany, April 12, 2010.

He hoped the two sides could make more efforts to enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples and make new contribution to Sino-German cooperation.

Tillich said that Li's Dresden visit fully demonstrates China's support to the cultural exchanges between localities of the two countries.

He told Li that the German side has been preparing for the Enlightenment art show to be staged in China. He believed the show could help push forward bilateral exchanges in the cultural and other areas.