(Xinhuanet Photo)

Tom Glocer(L) talks with Lu Wei(R), Vice-President of Xinhua News Agency.(Xinhuanet Photo)  

Xinhuanet.com CEO Zhou Xisheng(L) briefs Glocer on history and developement of Xinhuanet.com.(Xinhuanet photo)

   BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Tom Glocer, chief executive officer of the Reuters Corp. visits XINHUANET.COM this morning, accompanied by Lu Wei and Xinhuanet. com CEO Zhou Xisheng.

   Mr. Glocer is in Beijing as a Xinhua guest.

  Tom Glocer 
 
   Chief Executive Officer, Reuters Group, United Kingdom
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Li Changchun (R), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meets with Tom Glocer, chief executive officer of the Reuters Corp., in Beijing, China, Oct. 12, 2004. (Xinhua Photo/Liu Jiansheng)

  ¡¡BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- It is vital task to promote exchanges among the news media around the world under the circumstances of the global multi-polarization and economic globalization, said a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) here Tuesday.

    At a meeting with Tom Glocer, chief executive officer of the Reuters Corp., Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said the Reuters is the earliest western news agency to have built up cooperative relations with China's Xinhua News Agency, and China's cooperation with the Reuters Corp has expanded.

    Li said Xinhua is China's official news agency, and he hoped it would have better cooperation with the western news agency. He also voiced the hope that Chinese trade and financial sectors would further cooperation with the Reuters Corp.

    Li said that China has scored remarkable achievement since the country pursued reform and opening-up policy, but is still facing tough tasks to handle. He hoped the Reuters guests would have better understanding about China through the visit so as to report the country objectively and comprehensively.

    Glocer expressed appreciation for the rapid economic growth of China, saying that the Reuters Corp. will enhance the cooperation with China in the relevant fields.

    The Reuters and Xinhua signed an agreement on news exchanges in 1957. Enditem