At the invitations of the armed forces of Finland and Greece, Li Jinai, member of the Central Military Commission and director of the General Political Department of the PLA, and the party led by him left Beijing yesterday for the two countries for official visits. His principal entourage including Jia Yongsheng, deputy commander of the Beijing Military Area Command (MAC) and commander of the Beijing MAC air force, Huang Jiaxiang, deputy political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Area Command and political commissar of the South China Sea Fleet, Tian Xiusi, political commissar of the Xinjiang Military Area Command, and Xu Yitian, political commissar of the National University of Defense Technology, left Beijing by the same flight on the same day.

　　Zhang Qinsheng, assistant chief of general staff of the PLA and Zhang Bangdong, director general of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ministry of National Defense saw the delegation off at the airport.

　　(Aug 29, PLA Daily)