Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi left Beijing Wednesday morning, kicking off her visit to four Asian countries.  

The four nations are the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Union of Myanmar and Maldives.

Wu is paying the visit at the invitation of Lao's Deputy Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, Secretary-1 of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council Lieutenant-General Soe Win, and the government of Maldives.

(Xinhua News Agency March 18, 2004)