Special report: Li Changchun Visits Five Countries

　BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, returned home on Friday after his five-nation tour in north Africa and west Asia.

    He paid an official and good-will visit to Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunis and Syria from March 21 to April 4.

    Li's entourage, including head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee Wang Jiarui, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee Ji Bingxuan, head of the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television Wang Taihua, director of the General Administration of Press and Publications Liu Binjie, and vice-minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo, returned aboard the same plane.