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Auckland Nov. 3 -- Helen Clark, leader of the New Zealand Labor Party (NZLP) and
Prime Minister of New Zealand, met with CPC representative Zang Xianfu and his
delegation on November 3.
Clark extended congratulations on the successful convening of the Seventeenth
National Congress of the CPC. She said New Zealand has come in first place among
developed countries in three steps of trade cooperation with China, namely, the
first to sign the bilateral market access agreement on China¡¯s accession to the
World Trade Organization, the first to recognize China¡¯s market economy status,
and the first to start FTA negations with China. She said that New Zealand is
also expecting to become the first country to complete FTA negotiations with
China.
Zang conveyed to her greetings from General Secretary Hu Jintao and Premier Wen
Jiabao and expressed appreciation of the Clark government for its efforts in
developing China-New Zealand relations.
Zang, Member of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Member of
the Standing Committee of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee and Secretary of
the CPC Tianjin Commission for Discipline Inspection is in New Zealand at the
invitation of the NZLP to attend the Party¡¯s annual conference which was opened
on November 2. On November 3, Zang had a meeting with NZLP President Mike
Williams after presenting the congratulatory letter of the CPC Central Committee
to the NZLP annual conference.
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