BEIJING, Sept.14 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left here Tuesday to attend the 8th Congress of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

The delegation, led by Zhang Xuan, an alternate member of CPC central committee and deputy secretary of CPC's Chongqing Municipal Committee, was invited by EPRDF, the Democratic Progressive Party of Malawi and the African National Congress of South Africa.

The delegation will pay good-will visits to Malawi and South Africa after the Congress.