Li Changchun, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), will pay a goodwill visit to Australia, Myanmar, Japan and?South Korea?late March, the International Department of the CPC Central Committee spokesman Li Jun said Monday.

Li, who is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, will make the visit at the invitation of the governments of the four countries.

(Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2009)