BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Wang Chen has underscored that the country's current objective for overseas publicity will focus on building a friendly environment for international communication.

    Wang, director of the International Communication Office of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at a national conference on publicity for overseas which was held here from Jan. 4-6.

    According to a statement released after the meeting, China will strengthen the exchange of experiences in coping with the economic crisis with overseas counterparts. It will introduce the development of the country's economic society to the world as the impact of the financial crisis begins to hit home.

    It also said the current press release system should be improved and foreign media's reporting would be serviced better.

    In addition, culture-themed activities will be an important part of this year's publicity work in an attempt to boost international cultural exchange.