After a slowdown in activity for quite some time, the Communist Party of China has resumed high-level visits to Nepal.

A delegation led by members of the CPC Central Committee and Chen Gang, who is also the secretary of CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee, arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday.

Until Saturday, Zhang Meizhi, member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, and vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of Hebei Provincial People's Congress (Vice Minister Level), was in Kathmandu.

The day Zhang left for China, Chen arrived in Kathmandu. Zhang met with Deputy Speaker Indira Rana Magar and went to Pokhara, according to security sources.

Rajendra Gautam, head of publicity department of the CPN-UML, and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song, among others, received the Chinese delegation at Tribhuvan International Airport.

The CPC delegation led by Chen will brief the Nepali party leaders about the 3rd Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Sunday in Kathmandu, according to the itinerary. The IDCPC and CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee plan to co-host the briefing on the 3rd Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee at 14:30 pm on Sunday, at the Hotel Yak and Yeti in Kathmandu, said the invitation letter sent out to the various political parties that are represented at the Federal Parliament of Nepal.

Narayan Dahal, chairman of the National Assembly, is invited as chief guest at the function.

According to the security sources, apart from Chen, the delegation includes Penng Xiubin, director-general of International Department of CPC (IDCPC); Wang Zhizhong, director-general of Foreign Affairs Office (FAO), CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; Liu Chang, deputy director-general of FAO, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; Zheng Dengke, director of Policy Research Office, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; Du DU Xiaoli, director of FAO, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; Zheng Youya, deputy director and Nepali Translator at IDCPC; Wang Siqi, deputy director at IDCPC; and Chen Yongpei, first-level principal staff member of IDCPC.

The CPC has invited at least 15 leaders each from all Nepali political parties that are represented in the House of Representatives in a rare party briefing on Sunday to brief about the outcome of the recent party meeting held in Beijing.

Fourteen political parties are represented in Nepal’s 275-strong House of Representatives.

The Chinese side did not seek permission to hold the event but informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about its plan to host the function to be inaugurated by Dahal, according to a ministry official. The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its third plenary session in Beijing from July 15 to 18 earlier this year.

Soon after Chen arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday, he started meeting with top political leaders, including Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Shankar Pokhrel, general secretary of the CPN-UML, organised a dinner in honour of the visiting Chinese leaders on Saturday evening.

On Sunday, Chen and the Chinese delegation will meet Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at his residence in Baluwatar and will brief Nepali leaders on the outcome of the recently held CPC’s plenary session.