Georgian ruling party delegation, Shanghai Council Deputy Chair discuss ties

A delegation of the ruling Georgian Dream party, led by its Chair Irakli Kobakhidze, on Thursday met with Chen Jing, the Deputy Chairman of the Shanghai Council, to discuss existing relations, as part of the delegation's visit to China.

After the meeting in the Council, an official dinner was held in honour of the GD delegation, the party’s press office said.

The members of the Georgian delegation also visited the Shanghai Development Exhibition Centre, where they got acquainted with the economic plan for the development of Shanghai.

Within the framework of the visit to China, the GD officials also held high-level meetings in Beijing with Minister Liu Jianchao, the Head of the International Department of the Chinese ruling party, its Deputy Minister Sun Haiyan and Zhang Laiming, the Vice President of the Development Research Centre of the State Council, as well as Xiao Jie, the Deputy Chair of the Presidium of the National People's Congress of China and the Deputy Trade and Commerce Minister Ling Ji.

The ruling party delegation to China includes the first Deputy Chair of the Parliament Giorgi Volski, Deputy Chair Irakli Chikovani, Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, David Songulashvili, the Chair of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, Nino Tsilosani, the Chair of the Agrarian Issues Committee and Viktor Sanikidze, the First Deputy Chair of the Sports and Youth Issues Committee.