The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) held their eighth theory seminar on Tuesday in China's southeastern city of Xiamen.
Huang Kunming (R), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, meets with Chansy Phosikham, a member of the Political Bureau of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and head of the central committee's organization department, prior to a seminar in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 9, 2019. The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) held their eighth theory seminar on Tuesday in Xiamen. [Photo/Xinhua]
The seminar focused on exploring laws of socialist modernization in China and Laos.
The opening ceremony was attended by Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and also a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and senior LPRP officials.
Strengthening exchanges of experience in state governance between China and Laos is an important consensus reached by top leaders of the two parties and the two countries, said Huang.
Prior to the seminar, Huang, who is also head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, met and held talks with Chansy Phosikham, a member of the Political Bureau of the LPRP Central Committee and head of the central committee's organization department, and Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune, head of the LPRP central committee's publicity department respectively.
The two countries' officials exchanged views on implementing the consensus of the leaders of the two parties and advancing the building of a community with a shared future for China and Laos.