Wei Jianxing, president of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), said that the ACFTU is ready to increase friendly exchanges and cooperation, and enhance mutual understandings and friendship, with Nigerian trade union organizations in the new century.
Wei, also member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee and member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), made the remark in a meeting here Thursday with a delegation from the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) led by its President Adams Oshiomhole.
Wei said that Sino-Nigerian relations have developed well since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in 1971.
Nigeria is a developing country in Africa with a long history, Wei said. Both China and Nigeria are faced with the common task of developing their economies and improving the lives of their peoples, he said.
Wei said that the ACFTU and the NLC have enjoyed a long- standing friendly relationship, and the development of their relations is in the best interests of workers and the general population of the two countries.
He said he is convinced that the delegation's current visit to China will further develop the relations between the ACFTU and the NLC.
Wei briefed the visitors on china's political and economic situation and the ACFTU's work.
Oshiomhole said he has experienced Chinese people's friendship and hospitality during this visit. He said that the NLC and the ACFTU share many similarities and they can learn from each other.
The NLC will further bilateral exchanges and cooperation with the Chinese side, he said.
The delegation is here at the invitation of the ACFTU.
(Xinhua News Agency 09/20/2001)
