BEIJING - Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday morning met with Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in Beijing.

Invited by the CPC Central Committee and Xi, Cheng is the first KMT chairperson that has led a delegation to the Chinese mainland in the past decade. The delegation had visited Jiangsu province and Shanghai before coming to Beijing.