Vice President Song Jingwu Meets with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Northern Ireland, UK
On June 5th, Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of CPAFFC, met with Ms.Michelle O’Neil, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Northern Ireland,UK and her delegation.
Mr. Song Jingwu welcomed the delegation and expressed CPAFFC’s willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Northern Ireland in fields including agriculture for win-win results. Ms. Michelle O''''Neil thanked CPAFFC for receiving the delegation and made an introduction of the development of agriculture in Northern Ireland and noted that Northern Ireland will further agricultural cooperation with China through CPAFFC.
Vice President Lin Yi Meets with Vice President of Jewish World Congress
Lin Yi, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, met with Mr. Maram Stern, Vice President of Jewish World Congress on June 2nd. They recalled their exchanges more than 20 years ago, and held discussion on the future cooperation, especially the activities commemorating 70 Anniversary of the Victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.?
CPAFFC Delegation Visits Ireland and UK
On invitation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland and Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) in UK, CPAFFC delegation visited Ireland and UK from May 27 to June 2. During the stay in UK, Vice President Song Jingwu delivered a speech in the celebration conference marking the 50th anniversary of SACU, and presented a commemorative plate on behalf of CPAFFC to SACU. The delegation met with Mr. Stephen Perry, Chairman of the 48 Group Club, and Lord Michael Dobbs, Member of the House of Lords and author of House of Cards. While visiting Ireland, the delegation met with Ms. Ann Phelan, Minister of State at Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Chrity Burke, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The two sides have exchanged views on carrying out cooperation in the framework of MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON A FRAMEWORK FOR JOINTLY ENHANCING PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OF IRELAND.
Vice President Song Jingwu delivering a speech at the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of SACU
Presenting a?Gift to Chairwoman of SACU
Ambassador Liu Xiaoming and Vice President Song Jingwu at the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of SACU
CPAFFC Delegation meeting with officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Meeting with Lord Michael Dobbs, Member of the House of Lords and author of House of Cards
Meeting with Mr. Stephen Perry, Chairman of the 48 Group Club
Vice President Song Jingwu Meets and Signs Cooperation Agreement with Chairman of MCFA
On June 2nd, Vice President Song Jingwu met with Mr. Samir Hadzic, Chairman of Montenegro-China Friendship Association (MCFA), and Ms. Dijiana Dukaj, Vice Chairwoman of MCFA at Friendship Pavilion in the CPAFFC. The both sides signed Agreement of Cooperation between CPAFFC and MCFA. At the banquet, Friendship Art Exchange Association of the CPAFFC presented art works to the MCFA. The both sides expressed wishes of strengthening friendly contact between the artists of the two countries.
The delegation of MCFA will visit Beijing and Shanghai, then attend the China-CEEC Investment and Trade Expo at Ningbo at the invitation of The People’s Government of Ningbo City.
Vice President Hu Sishe Meets with U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Delegation
On June 1st, Vice President Hu Sishe met with the 8 presidents and senior executives of the U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Delegation.
Vice President Hu Sishe said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the official educational exchanges and cooperation between the two countries have been developing steadily with the joint efforts of both sides. Up to now, the number of Chinese students studying in the U.S. has reached to 490,000, making China the largest source of international students in America. The number of American students studying in China is about 24,000, and China is also American students’ most favored destination to study abroad in Asia. Hu also said that the educational exchanges and cooperation between the two countries are helpful to advance economic, scientific and technological development, to enhance understanding and friendship between their people, and to develop bilateral relations between China and the U.S. CPAFFC will continue to contribute to the development of the educational exchanges and cooperation between the two sides.
David Wilson, the president of Morgan State University in Maryland, also the head of the delegation, introduced the development of the HBCUs, current situation of the development of Morgan State University and its advanced subjects. He pointed out that the HBCUs have made great efforts to provide more education opportunities to African students, with an emphasis on cultural differences and the degree of internationalization, etc. In addition, other members of the delegation introduced their schools respectively, including school size, research progress, education ideas, etc,. They said that the exchanges between HBCUs and Chinese colleges and universities have become more and more frequent in recent years, and that cooperation projects also gradually increased. They hope to further enhance mutual exchanges and cooperations with their Chinese counterparts through this visit.
Deputy Director General Level Counsel Ms. Hu Chunmei Meets with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Mr. Manassarian
?On May 29, Ms. Hu Chunmei, Deputy Director General Level Counsel of Department of European and Asian Affairs of the CPAFFC met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Manassarian.
?The two sides had in-depth exchange of views on promoting people-to-people friendship relations, and cooperation of local governments.
?Ms. Tian Erlong,Chinese Ambassador to Armenia attended the meeting.
Vice Premier Liu Yandong Visited the Photo Exhibition “Zhou Enlai and the Bandung Conference”
On May 29, 2015, Vice Premier Liu Yandong of the State Council of China, who was paying a visit to Indonesia, visited the site of the Bandung Conference in 1955 and the photo exhibition --Zhou Enlai and the Bandung Conference, accompanied by Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xie Feng and main leaders of Indonesia-China Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation (AICESCC).
Vice Premier Liu said that the Bandung Conference convened 60 years ago played an important role in establishing the new order of international relations, and the close cooperation between Chinese and Indonesian leaders at the Conference also became a much told tale in the history of China-Indonesia friendship. The Bandung spirit centered on seeking peaceful co-existence as well as common ground while shelving differences still exhibits strong vitality. The Chinese side is willing to work with Indonesia to continuously intensify unity and cooperation among vast developing countries, make greater contribution to the noble cause of world peace, development and prosperity, and inherit and carry forward the Bandung spirit with practical actions.
Sponsored by CPAFFC and AICESCC, this itinerant exhibition was inaugurated in Jakarta on April 23, 2015.
State Councilor Yang Jiechi Meets with Delegation of Soka Gakkai from Japan
The Japanese Delegation of Soka Gakkai led by Vice President Ikeda Hiromasa came to visit China from May 25th to 28th at the CPAFFC’s invitation. On May 27th, State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with the delegation at Chengwudian of Zhongnanhai.
Yang Jiehchi said, both China and Japan are major countries in Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. China attaches great importance to people-to-people exchanges and cooperations between the two countries. Recently, President Xi Jinping made the remarks during a gathering with over 3000 Japanese visitors in Beijing to support China-Japan exchanges at the Great Hall of the People, in which he pointed out that the China-Japan friendship is rooted in the peoples, and the future of the bilateral relationship is in the hand of the peoples. China would like to take history as a mirror and look forward into the future, and work with the Japanese side to boost biliteral ties based on the four political documents between the two countries. China-Japan relationship is now improving step by step. We hope that the two peoples especially the youths will further advance their exchanges. Yang Jiechi positively evaluated the efforts Soka Gakkai has made to promote friendly relations between two sides and encouraged them to continue to play the advantages as a traditional friendly organization toward China as to make more contributions to China-Japan friendship from generation to generation.
Ikeda Hiromasa thanked Mr. Yang for meeting the delegation. He said, all circles of Japanese society responded positively to the remarks made by President Xi, which inspired many of the Japanese friendly organizations. Japan and China are neighboring countries of mutual importance and thus Soka Gakkai will follow the tradition and continuously devote for the improvement and development of people-to-people exchanges and biliteral relations.
President Li Xiaolin and Vice President Hu Sishe of the CPAFFC were present at the meeting.
A Working Group of Department of Asian & African Affairs Visits Morocco
Invited by Dr. Mohammed Khalil, President of the Morocco China Friendship and Exchanges Association, Mr. Hu Jianhuai, Inspector of? Department of Asian & African Affairs of the CPAFFC led a 2-member working group to visit Morocco from May 24th to 28th ,2015. The group? attended the economic and trade seminar with the theme of “Promoting Chinese Investment in Morocco” which was organized by the Morocco China Friendship and Exchanges Association, the Moroccan Ministry of Industry and the Morocco Investment Development Agency. A 10-member delegation led by Mr. Tan Zhigui, Director General of Shaoxing Municipal People''s Congress and President of Shaoxing Municipal People''s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries? and more than 10 entrepreneurs from Shanghai, Shandong and Hunan Province were also present at the seminar.
Mr. Hamid Ben Elafdil, CEO of Moroccan Investment Development Agency pointed out at the seminar that Morocco''s unique geographical location and a number of free trade agreements signed with the United States and Europe have made Morocco a country of strong investment potential. He welcomed Chinese enterprises to invest in Morocco.
In his speech, Mr. Sun Shuzhong, the Chinese Ambassador to Morocco introduced about the situation and the investment environment in Morocco, ways to avoid investment risks for the Chinese companies and the relationship between China and Morocco.
Mr. Hu Jianhuai thanked Moroccan side for holding the seminar on behalf of the CPAFFC and the China Arab friendship Association and welcomed Morocco to participate in the strategic concept construction of "the Road and Belt Initiatives ".
Dr. Mohammed Khalil welcomed the Chinese delegation to attend the meeting. He said that the association will continue to promote bilateral economic and trade, culture, tourism, arts, sports and other areas of friendly exchanges, hoping to achieve win-win progress through bilateral exchanges.
After the seminar, the Moroccan side made arrangements for the participants to visit technology cities, the FTA and other facilities in Rabat, Tangier and Casablanca. The Chinese and Moroccan entrepreneurs and leaders from relevant institutions discussed about cooperation in bilateral trade and investment. The delegation from Shaoxing City expressed the willingness in searching for a friendship city in Morocco.
Vice President Song Jingwu Visits Spain and Portugal
At the invitation of the Spanish Council of Spain-China Forum, the Spain -China Friendship Association and the Portugal National City Association, Vice President Song Jingwu led the delegation of CPAFFC to visit Spain and Portugal from April 19th to 26th.
The delegation attended the VIII Spain-China Forum and was received by the King of Spain Felipe VI. During his visit to Spain, the CPAFFC delegation met with the Vice President of Rielo Foundation of Spain, Mr.Luis, and discussed on relevant issues about the 4th World Youth Parliament which will be held in Beijing in 2016. The delegation also met with the President of Spain and China Friendship Association Mr. Osuna and representatives of Small and Medium Enterprises. The two sides reached a consensus on promoting the enterprise cooperation of both countries.
In Portugal, the delegation had a working meeting with the Secretary-General of the Portugal National City Association.