BEIJING - Chinese Ambassador to Libya Wang Wangsheng returned to Libya's capital of Tripoli on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a press release.

"A new page is being written in Libyan history," Jiang said, adding that China is willing to work with Libya to promote bilateral relations on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit in order to bolster common development.

"The peoples of China and Libya share a traditional friendship." she said.