Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, China's top legislature, meets with Francois Bozize Yangouvonda, president of the Central African Republic, who is here attending the ceremony for the China National Pavilion Day at the World Expo Park in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 1, 2010. [Xinhua]

Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo met with Central African Republic President Francois Bozize in Shanghai, who is here for the World Expo and attended celebrations of the China National Pavilion Day on Friday.

Wu, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, welcomed Bozize's presence at and support for the World Expo and extended Chinese President Hu Jintao's greetings to him.

"You have visited China many times and made great contribution to developing the bilateral relations," Wu said.

Bozize said he was honored to meet with Wu in Shanghai, where he attended the Central African Republic Pavilion Day last weekend.

(Xinhua News Agency October 1, 2010)