Senior Chinese legislator meets Tonga delegation

BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, met with the Tonga Parliament and Government Joint Delegation led by Lord Vaea, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, in Beijing on Tuesday.

Li, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to work with Tonga to continuously enhance political mutual trust, deepen Belt and Road cooperation as well as collaboration in other fields, enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples, promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of China-Tonga relations, and jointly build a China-Pacific Island countries community with a shared future.

Vaea said Tonga adheres to the one-China principle and is willing to deepen exchanges and cooperation with China in various fields including legislative bodies.