BEIJING -- The Communist Party of China (CPC), China's ruling party, has pledged to work closely with its long-term partners, non-communist parties and the All-China Federations of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC).

The CPC Central Committee, newly elected at the 17th CPC National Congress which closed on Sunday, wrote a letter of acknowledgement to eight democratic parties and the ACFIC here Tuesday.

"The CPC will work closely with all democratic parties and the ACFIC as it has always done before. The Party hopes for, and will support, their self-improvement and full participation in deliberation, administration and supervision of state affairs," the letter said.

China has moved into a new stage of reform, opening-up and modernization, which requires greater contribution from all democratic parities and the ACFIC, it said.

Under the guidelines of the 17th National Congress, the Party will foster the broadest patriotic united front recruiting everyone who works or supports socialism and the country's unification, it said.

It will stick to the multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of CPC, it said.

The non-communist parties and the ACFIC have cooperated with the Party in the past five decades as "close friends" and important forces to form the patriotic united front, push forward economic development, maintain peace and stability and promote the peaceful reunification of the motherland, it said.

The eight parties are Revolutionary Committee of Chinese Kuomintang, Chinese Democratic League, China National Democratic Construction Association, China Association for Promoting Democracy, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, China Zhi Gong Party, Jiu San Society and Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.