Li Changchun, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), left Friday morning for a goodwill visit to Australia, Myanmar, Japan and South Korea.

Li, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, pays the visit at the invitation of the governments of the four countries.

His entourage includes head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee Wang Jiarui, deputy head of the Department of Publicity of the CPC Central Committee Luo Shugang, director of the International Communication Office of the CPC Central Committee Wang Chen, Chinese Culture Minister Cai Wu, head of the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television Wang Taihua, and director of the General Administration of Press and Publication Liu Binjie.

(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2009)