Senior CPC official leaves Beijing for visits

Zhou Yongkang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), left Beijing Friday for official good-will visits to Singapore and Turkmenistan.

Zhou will also attend a high-level forum on social management in Singapore, which runs from Sept. 21 to 25.

Zhou, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and also secretary of the Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, was invited by the government of Singapore and the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.