Mr. Hu Sishe, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), attended the 8th plenary meeting of council of Shaan Xi Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (SXPPAFFC) and delivered a speech in Xi’an, capital of Shaan Xi Province on December 21st. Over 160 personages including Mr. Wei Zengjun, Vice Governor of the People’s Government of Shaan Xi Province, and newly elected members of the 8th meeting of council of SXPPAFFC, attended the meeting.
Vice President Hu Sishe read the directive from CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin had made about the new council meeting of SXPPAFFC and congratulatory letter from CPAFFC. On behalf of CPAFFC, Vice President Hu Sishe congratulated members of the 8th plenary meeting of council of SXPPAFFC on being elected. He pointed out in his speech that people-to-people diplomacy is to enhance people’s understanding, trust and friendship and to eliminate the trust deficit among the people, so as to serve the need of China’s overall diplomatic work by the way of carrying out all-directional, multi-level people-to-people friendship work. He stressed that the people-to-people diplomacy for a new era should strengthen political construction, uphold the centralized, unified leadership of the Central Committee and resolutely safeguard its authority and fully make use of China’s political and institution advantages to demonstrate more powerful vitality and creativity. Meanwhile, the people-to-people diplomacy should make efforts from the three aspects including strengthening ideological and political leadership, implementing foreign principals and policies, and serving the local social economic development. Vice President Hu Sishe also encouraged the comrades present to take this change as an opportunity to implement the spirit of the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs and to bring into play its advantages to make more contributions to serving China’s diplomacy.
Vice Governor Wei Zengjun was elected as the President of the 8th plenary meeting of council of SXPPAFFC, Mme. Yao Hongjuan, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Shaanxi Province Committee, was elected as Executive Vice President, Mr. Cao Hui was executive vice president, and Mr. Gu Xuanhong was Secretary General.
