On the afternoon of November 19, 2008, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), met at the Great Hall of the People with visiting speaker of the Slovak National Council, Pavol Paska.

Wu made positive comments on bilateral ties, noting that the ties have already entered into a phase of rapid development in recent years. Both sides have increased mutual political trust and share a stronger aspiration to expand pragmatic cooperation in the economic and trade sector. Citing Slovakia as the fastest growing member state in the European Union (EU) and China as the biggest developing country in the world, Wu said that the two share a solid foundation and huge potential for further cooperation. He said that China is willing to work with the Slovak side to explore new approaches, improve the trade mix and enhance mutual understanding and cooperation between the businesses of the two countries. He hoped both sides will give full play to the major role of businesses in the trade cooperation and jointly improve the quality and level of Sino-Slovak trade relations.

Paska said that Slovakia attaches great importance to ties with China and hopes to learn from China's development experience and enhance cooperation with China in fields including infrastructure construction. He noted that Slovakia, as a new EU member state, is willing to play a bridging role to further the EU-China all-round strategic partnership and trade exchanges. He reiterated that the Slovak parliament and government firmly adhere to the one-China policy and such a position is the political foundation for developing bilateral ties. Wu, in turn, expressed gratitude.

The two sides also exchanged their views on inter-parliamentary exchanges, agreeing to continue high-level exchanges, strengthen contacts between special committees and keep closer communication between the young representatives and parliament members, to make new contributions to the development of bilateral relations.