Beijing, September 25th—Sun Haiyan, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today on the morning with a delegation of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) led by M.A. Baby, General Secretary of the CPI-M. 

Sun welcomed General Secretary M.A. Baby and his delegation to visit China. She said, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met during the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit and reached important consensus, charting the course for the improvement and development of bilateral relations. The CPC is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Indian political parties, including the CPI-M, to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples and promote the sustained, sound and stable development of China-India relations. 

M.A. Baby said, the CPI-M admires the great achievements of the CPC in governance and its successful experience in party building and state governance. It hopes to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, and make positive contributions to promoting the development of bilateral relations and maintaining regional peace, stability and common prosperity.