BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) will enhance exchange and cooperation with all political parties in Asia countries to create a new situation of Asia's revival, the top CPC leader said here Friday evening.

  Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President, made the remark at the welcome banquet for delegates attending the Third International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which opened Friday morning.

  The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, initiated in the 1950s' by China and some other Asian countries, has contributed to Asian nations' peaceful coexistence and the democratization in international relations, Hu said.

  The principles include mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.

  The principles are still playing a role as an "important cornerstone" for building a fair and rational new international political and economic order, he said.

  "The consensus that has been reached by the ICAPP conforms with the Five Principles and is conducive to safeguarding world peace, promoting common development and establishing a new international political and economic order that is just and rational," said Hu.

  China will maintain its independent foreign policy of peace, as well as the policy of friendship and partnership with its neighbors, and pursue a foreign policy of living in harmony with its neighboring countries, sharing security with them and helping them prosper, he said.

  China will follow the principles of independence, complete equality, mutual respect and non-interference in each other's internal affairs to further develop party-to-party contacts, sincerely promote an overall cooperative relationship with all countries and work with other political parties to forge ties for the benefit of state-to-state relations and the friendship among the people.

  China will continue to work with all Asian countries to achieve equality and mutual trust politically, mutual benefit and win-win economically, exchange and emulation culturally, and dialogue and cooperation in the security field. China will strive for the realization of lasting peace and common prosperity in Asia, Hu said. 

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