China pledges parliamentary cooperation with Thailand

China's top legislator Wu Bangguo met separately with his counterparts from Thailand and Malaysia on Friday, pledging to strengthen parliamentary exchange with the two countries. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), met with Thai Senate president Prasobsook Boondech and Abdul Hamid bin Pawanteh, the Malaysian Senate president. Both were in the capital for the fifth Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership ... full story

Declaration of the Fifth Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting

The Fifth Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP V) was held in Beijing, China on 18-20 June 2008. Parliamentarians from ASEM partners and the European Parliament attended the Meeting at the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. This was the first ASEP meeting after the second round of ASEM enlargement that increased ...