KATHMANDU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Monday left for China for a two-day visit as the special envoy of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

"My visit is aimed at strengthening the bilateral relationship with northern neighbor China after the formation of the new government. Nepal expects goodwill and support from China in socio-economic development," the deputy prime minister, who is the in-charge of finance in the government, told reporters at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

The deputy prime minister reaffirmed his government's commitment to implement bilateral agreements reached during then Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli's visit to Beijing in March this year.

Deputy Prime Minister Mahara, who is also a leader of the CPN (Maoist Center) party, is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese top dignitaries during his stay in Beijing.

"I will invite Chinese president to visit Nepal in near future," he said, adding that Nepal hopes to strengthen bilateral ties with the northern neighbor through high-level visits.

"As a close neighbour, we seek China's support and goodwill in our political stability to achieve development goals. We have been enjoying age-old friendly relationship with China and want to take it to a new level," the deputy prime minister said earlier on Monday.

The Nepalese government last week decided to send two deputy prime ministers as special envoys of the prime minister to China and India respectively to expand bilateral relationship with neighboring countries.

Deputy Prime Minister Bimalendra Nidhi, who is the in-charge of home affairs, will be visiting India later this week.