SHANGHAI Party Secretary Han Zheng met Salvador Valdes Mesa, special envoy of Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, on Friday. Mesa is a politburo member of the Cuban Communist Party and vice president of Cuba.

Han said Cuba is a heroic country in the eye of Chinese people. The two countries treat each other like a brother and comrade.

He spoke highly of the achievements Cuba has made under the leadership of its Communist Party and he believed that Cuba will continue its socialist construction according to the resolutions adopted at the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba.