Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan (L, front) and his wife Lien Fang-yu pay a visit to the famous West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, April 21, 2006. Lien started a 2-day visit to Hangzhou on Friday. [Xinhua Photo]

Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan and his wife Lien Fang-yu pose for photographer in front of Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, April 21, 2006.[Xinhua Photo]

Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan and his wife Lien Fang-yu pose for photographer at a well-known scenic spot of the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, April 21, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]

Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan (R) presents his inscription for Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, April 21, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]

Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan (1st L) and his wife Lien Fang-yu (2nd L) enjoy the overlook of the famous West Lake from Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou April 21. [Xinhua Photo]

    HANGZHOU, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party Honorary Chairman Lien Chan arrived in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Friday morning.

    Xia Baolong, deputy secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC), greeted Lien at the Xiaoshan International airport.

    During his two-day visit to Zhejiang, Lien is scheduled to meet provincial government leaders and visit the scenic West Lake in Hangzhou.

    Lien paid tribute to his ancestors in Zhangzhou City and received an honorary doctor's degree from Xiamen University in eastern Fujian Province before arriving in Zhejiang.

    He arrived in Beijing on April 13 to attend the Cross-Strait Economic and Trade Forum. He also met with President Hu Jintao, who is general secretary of the CPC. Enditem