BEIJING, July 30 -- China and Poland pledged to increase military cooperation Thursday.

The consensus was reached when Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission and Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan met with visiting Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak.

During the meeting, Fan hailed frequent high-level military exchanges between the countries, vowing to deepen military ties.

Siemoniak told him that Poland wants to cooperate more with China, including in military exchanges.

In a separate meeting, Chang said China was ready for more joint work in areas including personnel training and military academic exchanges.