BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) and nine African countries' ruling parties will meet in Beijing next week to discuss the future development of exchanges and cooperation.

    The African delegation composed of about 20 members from the nine countries will visit China from June 18 to July 3. During their stay here, the delegation will attend a seminar on further cementing inter-party and nation-to-nation relations. A CPC leader will meet with the delegation, sources with the International Department of the Central Committee of the CPC said here Friday.

    Representatives of Seychelles People's Progressive Front, the first batch of members of the delegation, arrived in Beijing Friday for the start of their 16-day visit. Other members of the delegation will arrive in the next two days.

    Besides Beijing, the delegation will also tour northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and east China's Shandong Province, visit state-owned enterprises, private companies, economic and technological development zones as well as agricultural and border trade projects.

    The members of the delegation are from Cameroon, Djibouti, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Niger, Rwanda, Seychelles and Togo. They are invited by the International Department of the Central Committee of the CPC. Enditem