A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left Beijing Monday for an official visit to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.

The delegation, led by Huang Zhendong, member of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Chongqing municipal committee, was invited by the Baath Arab Socialist Party of Syria, the Progressive Socialist Party of Lebanon, and the General People's Congress of Yemen.

(Xinhua News Agency May 10, 2004)