A five-member delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left Beijing Monday afternoon for a goodwill visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Led by Luo Shugang, deputy head of the Department of Publicity of the CPC Central Committee, the delegation was invited by the International Department of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea.

(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2009)