Chinese President Hu Jintao visits a Pakistani medical team in Longnan city in northwest China's Gansu Province Sunday afternoon. (Xinhua Photo)

    LONGNAN, Gansu, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao visited a Pakistani medical team in Longnan city in northwest China's Gansu Province Sunday afternoon.

    Hu went to a tent and shook hands with several Pakistani medical workers at the First People's Hospital of Longnan City. "When the Chinese people suffered the devastating earthquake, the Pakistani people expressed concerns, offered relief materials and sent a medical team to us. The Chinese government and people feel deeply grateful," Hu said.

    The medical team consists of 28 people. Hu praised them for their excellent skills and all-out efforts.

    Hu said the team symbolized the friendship the Pakistani people cherished for the Chinese people and expressed his wish that the friendship would last forever.

    The team members said they felt Chinese people's hospitality and vowed to do their best for the quake victims.