The message extended sincere congratulations to Xi Jinping upon the successful 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China and his election as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission.

The Chinese people have entered the road of building socialism with the Chinese characteristics in the new era under the guidance of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core, the message said.

It wished him great success in his responsible work for carrying out the tasks set forth at the 19th Congress of the CPC.

It expressed the conviction that the relations between the two parties and the two countries would develop in the interests of the peoples of the two countries.