Zhou Tienong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met with a delegation led by Venizelos Zannettos, member of the Political Bureau of Cyprus' Progressive Party of the Working People (PPWP), in Beijing Friday.

Venizelos Zannettos, who is also PPWP's secretary on economy, and the delegation are visiting China at the invitation of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

(Xinhua News Agency June 18, 2004)