Barbados is one of the first countries in the Caribbean to have established diplomatic relations with China, and the Chinese government is prepared to work with Barbados to promote high level exchanges between the two countries.

 

This was emphasised by the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), Chen Changzhi, during a courtesy call on members of the Senate at Parliament.

Thanking the Barbadian government for what he described as a "warm reception", Chen stressed, that "exchanges between the legislatures of the two countries are an integral part of bilateral relations."
 

Chen and a delegation of Chinese officials are in Barbados to observe Parliamentary procedures, in an effort to gain some knowledge on the rudiments of the Barbadian legislature.