BEIJING - Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Taiwan-based Kuomintang (KMT) party will meet in Beijing in May, a mainland official said on Friday.

Leaders of the two parties are expected to exchange views on CPC-KMT exchanges and relations across the Taiwan Straits during the meeting, said Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee.

KMT Chairman Eric Chu will lead a delegation to visit Beijing after taking part in the Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum which is scheduled to be held on May 3 in Shanghai, Ma said.

"This is an important event of the two parties' high-profile exchanges," Ma said.