Ibuki Bunmei, secretary general of the Liberal
Democratic Party of Japan, said the party hoped the CPC, under a new leadership,
will make greater contributions to the reform and development of China and
elevate China's socialist modernization to greater height.
The Liberal Democratic Party is ready to continue
working with the CPC to promote the exchanges and cooperation between Japan and
China, Bunmei said.
In its message, the Democratic Party of Thailand
extended its "heartfelt congratulations and best wishes" to the CPC for a
successful convention.
"The Democratic Party is certain that, under the new
leadership, the Communist Party of China will be strengthened and China will
continue to prosper and progress further and play a contributive and
constructive role in regional and world peace, security and prosperity," said
the message.
The party stands ready to cooperate more closely with
the CPC to "further the party-to-party relationship for the well being of the
two countries and peoples," it said.
H. M. Jusuf Kalla, chairman of the Golongan Karya
(GOLKAR) Party of Indonesia, and Sumarsono, secretary general of the party, said
in their message that they hoped the congress would run well and be successful
in reaching the targeted goals.
The Golkar Party is ready for cooperation with the
CPC, the message said. "This cooperation is aimed at developing a good
understanding between the Golkar Party and China Communist Party that in turn
hopefully leads to the establishment of bilateral trust between Indonesia and
China for the sake of national development in each country."
Maithripala Sirisena, general secretary of the Sri
Lanka Freedom Party, said he believed that the new leadership elected by the
CPC's 17th National Congress would bring greater prosperity to China and more
happiness to the Chinese people.
Davlytali Davlyatzoda, first vice chairman of the
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT), said that over the last five
years, China has scored great achievements in developing its economy, science
and culture, raising living standards for its people and consolidating its
international status.
Davlyatzoda extended his party's wishes that the
convention will add momentum to China's drive to build a more prosperous
society.
Gennady Zyuganov, chairman of the Communist Party of
the Russian Federation, said that under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese
people have achieved remarkable progress in the socialist cause.
He said his party will always make efforts to
strengthen the friendship between the two parties and peoples.
Kurt Beck, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of
Germany, said in his message that the Congress is of great significance to
China's future development and to the major role China plays internationally.
Germany and the wider world are following with great
interest and appreciate the reforms that China has undertaken in recent years,
Beck said.
Cooperation between political parties is an important
element in promoting world peace and exchanges between people of different
countries, Beck added. He pledged to continue and expand the friendly exchanges
with the CPC.
Mircea Geoana, president of the Social Democratic
Party of Romania, said that China, under the leadership of Hu Jintao, has become
increasingly prosperous and played a more and more important role in
safeguarding world peace and promoting international cooperation.
The Social Democratic Party of Romania will always be
a firm supporter for the partnership of all round friendly cooperation between
the two countries, he said.
In a congratulatory message, Lefteris Zagoritis,
secretary of the Greek New Democratic Party's Central Committee, expressed his
warmest greetings to the CPC and wished its ongoing congress a great success.
Malta Labour Party International Secretary Dr Joe
Mifsud expressed "the best wishes of fruitful work" for the CPC and hoped that
the Congress "will represent an occasion to strengthen your party."
Mifsud expressed the Malta Labour Party's intention
to continue enhancing cooperation with the CPC.
