A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left in Beijing Monday to attend an international symposium in Tunisia and pay a goodwill visit to Turkey.

The delegation is headed by Wu Hengquan, president of Qiu Shi(Seeking Truth) Journal, an official publication of the CPC Central Committee.

The delegation was invited by the Democratic Constitutional Rally of Tunisia and the Republican People's Party of Turkey.

(Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2004)