Top legislator Li Zhanshu met with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on Monday.

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said the NPC is ready to work with the Lao parliament to strengthen experience exchanges on governance, advance cooperation between legislative bodies, provide legal guarantees and policy support for cooperation between the two countries, jointly improve their abilities to cope with risks and challenges, and promote the modernization of their own system and capacity for governance.

Li Zhanshu (R), chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)