On Apr. 9th, Mr. Li Xikui, Secretary General of CPAFFC met with and held a banquet for Mr. Joseph Zarzewsky, Partner of Mitrelli Group of Israel and CEO of Chinese District and his group. Mme. Li Xiaolin, President of CPAFFC also had a short meeting with the guests from Israel.
Secretary-General Li Xikui extended his welcome to Mr. Zarzewsky and his group. He said, agriculture modernization is the essential condition of the development of the Chinese agriculture. The agricultural development in China is currently facing many problems such as slow development in northwestern arid area. Since Israel possesses world level technologies of irrigation, crop-plantation and cultivation, he hoped that those advanced experience could be introduced to China, at the same time the both sides would develop demonstration projects, so as to deepen friendship and cooperation.
Mr. Zarzewsky expressed that the Jewish people and Chinese people maintained special historical relations. He hoped to follow the trail of the ancestors, and make contributions to the exchange and cooperation in various fields for the two countries. In 2006, Mitrelli Group set up the Foundation of Art and Culture, which aids the poverty-stricken area children aged 0-12 with congenital heart disease in the world to go to Israel and take surgeries. The foundation looks forward to developing cooperation with China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development (CFFPD), to support a lot of children with congenital heart disease from poverty-stricken area of Northwestern China to visit Israel with their families to receive heart surgeries.
Mr. Shen Xin, Secretary General of CFFPD, Mme. Jia Ling, Deputy Secretary General of CFFPD were present the above events.
