Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong (R) meets with visiting Serbian Minister of Culture Nebojsa Bradic in Beijing, March 18, 2010. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

BEIJING, Mar. 19, 2010 --Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong met here Thursday with visiting Serbian Minister of Culture Nebojsa Bradic.

Liu said advancing bilateral cultural exchanges and cooperation was of great significance to the development of the China-Serbia ties.

Invited by China's Ministry of Culture, Bradic was here to attend the Serbian cultural festival to run from March 18 to 23 in Beijing and Tianjin.