Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo stopped over in Vancouver on Monday morning prior to his official visits to Cuba, Bahamas and the United States.

Wu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC), the legislature of China, is expected to meet with Canadian International Trade Minister Stockwell Day and Canada's British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell during his stay.

Wu will leave for Havana, capital of Cuba, on Tuesday.

(Xinhua News Agency September 1, 2009)