On January 12th, Vice President Xie Yuan met with President Stephen Lakis of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation(SLLF).
VP Xie highly commended the important role that sub-national legislative exchange mechanism has played in China-U.S. sub-national cooperation. As an important outcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the U.S. in September 2015, the 1st China-U.S.Sub-national Legislatures Cooperation Forum was successfully held in 2016 in the U.S., and laid a solid foundation for the implementation of the cooperation mechanism.CPAFFC and SLLF are going to co-host the 2nd Forum in Wuhan city, Hubei Province in September this year.VP Xie expressed his expectations to the upcoming Forum, and hoped to work together with SLLF to bring more practical cooperation at the sub-national level, and contribute to China-U.S.relations.
President Lakis of SLLF said, U.S. will greet a new President this year which ushers in a new historical moment for U.S.-China relations. At this special junction, sub-national cooperation is even more important to the bilateral relationship. He would like to work with CPAFFC to deepen the U.S.-China sub-national legislative exchange mechanism, as well as sub-national exchanges and cooperation.
