Senior CPC official leaves for China-Europe forum, Africa tour

Liu Yunshan, head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, left Beijing on Saturday to attend the second session of the second China-Europe High-Level Political Parties Forum in Belgium's capital, Brussels. The forum, considered an important platform for Chinese and European leaders to exchange views on development ideas and goals, is designed to enhance mutual trust and cooperation between China and Europe. The first session of the second China-Europe High-Level Political Parties Forum was held in May in Beijing and the northern port city of Tianjin. After the forum, Liu is scheduled to pay a good-will visit to Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe at the invitation of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Revolutionary Party of Tanzania and Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, respectively.