Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong met with Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski here on Thursday, pledging to step up China- Poland cultural exchanges. Liu said the two countries and the two peoples enjoy traditional friendship and sound cooperative ties. China highly treasures its friendship with Poland and attaches great importance to cementing cultural exchanges with the country. The state councilor said that culture bridges the friendship and emotion between the two peoples, urging to further boost bilateral cultural exchanges and cooperation in a bid to strengthen overall ties between the two countries. Zdrojewski was invited by China's Ministry of Culture to attend the Poland Cultural Festival, a year-long cultural program in China. 