Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with visiting Mr. Thierry BERTHELOT, First Counselor of the French Embassy in China and his delegation on December 5th, 2018. Both sides had a brief discussion on the activities in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and France.
Vice President Song Jingwu introduced the work CPAFFC had developed for France this year and the work plans in next year. He also proposed the idea that the reception to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and France will be held during the French high-level delegation visiting China next year.
Counselor Thierry BERTHELOT thanked CPAFFC for making the contributions to promoting the exchanges between China and France. He also said, the French important personages could be invited to attend the reception in Beijing during their visiting China in the first three months next year.
Both sides also exchanged their views on how to develop a series of activities in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic ties of the two countries.
Mr. Alain GALAUP, Political Counselor of the French Embassy in China, Mme. Zhang Ruoning, Deputy Director General of Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC attended the meeting.