China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (ROK) held the fourth meeting of their regular exchange mechanism?in Beijing Monday afternoon.

Chen Zhili, vice-chairwoman of the NPC Standing Committee, China's top legislature, and Lee Yoon-seong, deputy speaker of the ROK National Assembly, attended the meeting.

In the meeting, the delegates exchanged views on bilateral relations, exchanges between the parliaments, economic and trade cooperation, energy security and climate change. They also discussed international and regional issues with common concern.

The NPC and ROK National Assembly launched the regular exchange mechanism in January 2006.

(Xinhua News Agency July 13, 2009)