Beijing, September 16th—Sun Haiyan, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today on the afternoon with a delegation of over 20 friendly personages from political parties, think tanks and media of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.

　　Speaking highly of China's relations with its neighboring countries, Sun said, China has always put neighborhood diplomacy front and center in foreign relations and is committed to promoting regional peace, stability, development and prosperity. The CPC is willing to work with neighboring countries to focus on building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries and jointly create a bright future with neighboring countries.

　　The friendly personages from South Asian and Southeast Asian countries highly praised China's development achievements and diplomatic policies and concepts. They expressed their willingness to learn from the experience of the CPC in state governance and administration and to contribute to the development of bilateral and multilateral relations as well as regional peace, security and common prosperity.