CPAFFC and CLFA attends Activities Hosted by the Embassy of the Laos in China
On April 19, at the invitation of H.E.Mme.Vandy BOUTHASAVONG, Ambassador of the Laos to China, Mr.Wu Tao, President of the China-Laos Friendship (CLFA) Association?and?CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi attended the activities in celebration of the Songkran Festival?and?the 57th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Laos-China Diplomatic Ties hosted by the Embassy.
President Wu Tao thanked Ambassador Vandy’s warm invitation?and?gave the best wishes to the Lao friends for the Songkran Festival. Wu Tao said that General Secretary Xi Jinping’s first foreign visit after the 19th National Congress of CPC included the Laos, which showed the great importance attached to strengthening the good neighborhood?and?friendship?and?promoting the strategic cooperation between the two countries. The CLFA is willing to?join?the hands with the comrades from Laos to implement the important consensus of the leaders between the two parties?and?countries?and?deepen the people-to-people traditional friendship.
Vice President Lin Yi said that CPAFFC?and?CLFA valued the friendly cooperative relations with the Embassy of the Laos in China?and?will make continuous efforts with the Embassy to push forward the inter-connectivity between the two peoples especially the young people.
Ambassador Vandy thanked CPAFFC?and?CLFA’s contributions to the development of bilateral relations. She said that the Laos?and?China are friendly neighbors connected by mountains?and?rivers?and?the two peoples keep friendly exchanges for generations. The exchange?and?cooperation in people-to-people?or?public diplomatic field are not only the important foundation of the bilateral ties, but the motive force to implement the Laos-China“Four Goods”spirit, namely be good neighbors, good friends, good comrades?and?good partners. The Lao Embassy will continue to conduct close cooperation with the Chinese side to further the development of bilateral relations as well as the relations between the two peoples.
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Photographed by Zhou Xiaodan?and?Xu Yiyi
The China-Japan Friendship Spring Tea Party Held in Beijing
The China-Japan Friendship Spring Tea Party, co-hosted by the CPAFFC, the China-Japan Friendship Association?and?Urasenke (one of the three historical schools of the Japanese tea ceremony), was held in Beijing on April 17, 2018. Tang Jiaxuan, President of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attended the tea party. Song Jingwu, Vice President of the CPAFFC, Daisosho SEN Genshitsu, the 15th Urasenke iemoto (head),?and?Shikata Noriyuki, Minister?and?DCM of the Embassy of Japan in China, addressed the tea party. Liu Deyou, former Vice Minister of Culture, gave a keynote speech titled “Tea: The Bond of the Chinese-Japanese Culture”.
Vice President Song Jingwu said that China?and?Japan are geographically close?and?share similar cultures. In more than 2,000 years of friendly exchanges, the tea culture has become a popular common asset shared by the two peoples?and?an important carrier of cultural exchanges between China?and?Japan. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace?and?Friendship. The China-Japan relations have shown an excellent momentum?and?are facing an important opportunity for further improvement?and?development. In such a memorable year, it is wonderful?and?meaningful for friends from all walks of life to enjoy tea, talk about friendship?and?pray for peace together. Both China?and?Japan are important countries in Asia?and?the world, shouldering the responsibility of maintaining peace, stability,?and?prosperity in the region?and?the world. We should continuously strengthen the cultural ties, expand friendly exchanges?and?promote the sound?and?stable development of China-Japan relations, contributing to the establishment of a community with a shared future for mankind?and?playing the role as peacekeepers?and?promoters of peace.
During the opening ceremony, Daisosho SEN Genshitsu of Urasenke dedicated the tea in prayer for Japan-China friendship?and?world peace. He said that tea is a symbol of peace?and?an envoy of culture,?and?expressed his willingness to continue to be committed to the ideal of “spreading peace through a bowl of tea”, further the people-to-people?and?cultural exchanges between Japan?and?China?and?work together with friends from all walks of life to contribute to the development of friendly relations between Japanese?and?Chinese people.
More than 100 people from all walks of life from China?and?Japan, including friendly personnel?and?media representatives, participated in the event.
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photographed by Huang Xiaowei
Signing Ceremony of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement between China Friendship Foundation for Peace Development and Rotary District 3450 Charitable Fund Ltd. held in Beijing
China Friendship Foundation for Peace?and?Development (CFFPD)?and?Rotary District 3450 Charitable Fund Ltd. of Hong Kong signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on April 16, 2018. Li Xikui, Secretary General of CPAFFC?and?Chairman of Board of the CFFPD,?and?Hing Wang Fung, District Governor of Rotary District 3450 attended the ceremony.
Secretary General Li Xikui welcomed the delegation of Rotary District 3450 Charitable Fund Ltd.,?and?introduced the main functions?and?work fields of the CPAFFC?and?the CFFPD. He said that the Foundation would provide more resources?and?opportunities to?join?hands with Rotary District 3450 Charitable Fund Ltd., so as to jointly conduct domestic?and?international cooperation?and?exchanges in the field of charity.
DG Hing Wang Fung expressed his hopes that the two sides would strengthen cooperation in health care, education, campus water purification?and?other fields of charity?and?social services in the future.
CFFPD Deputy Secretary General Deng Lan?and?DG Hing Wang Fung signed the strategic cooperation agreement.
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Rotary International is an international non-profit, non-political?and?non-sectarians voluntary service organization originated in Chicago, which has a history of 113 years. Rotary District 3450 Charitable Fund Ltd. is a member of Rotary International. It was established in Hong Kong in 2004?and?is responsible for public charity businesses in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong Province?and?Mongolia.
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Photographed by Jia Ji
Vice President Hu Sishe Attends Press Conference of the Chinese Cultural Exhibition Series Meet China -- in commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Karl Marx’s Birth
On April 13th, the press conference of the Chinese Cultural Exhibition Series Meet China -- in commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Karl Marx’s Birth was held in the Peace Palace of CPAFFC. Vice president of CPAFFC Hu Sishe attended the conference?and?delivered a speech. Hu Zhiyang, Deputy Director-General of Jiangxi Provincial Foreign Affairs?and?Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Ji Wei, Deputy Director-General of the Cultural Exchange Department of CPAFFC, Stefanie Hahn, Head of Division of the Cultural Heritage of Rheinland-Palatinate of the Ministry of Science, Lifelong Learning?and?Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate, Zou Bing, Representative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Rhineland-Palatinate Representation office in China,?and?representatives of our co-organizers from Jiangxi province, Beijing, Shandong province, Qinghai province, Chengdu of Sichuan province, Baoshan of Yunnan province,?and?Shaoxing of Zhejiang province also attended the press conference.
Vice President Hu noted in his speech, the exhibition series taking the theme of Meet China, will show the audience a China with openness?and?inclusiveness, modernization?and?prosperity, and?where?people live in harmony with nature.
Ms Hahn noted, the exhibition series will enrich the cultural events in Trier?and?will find great interest among the locals?and?visitors in Trier.?
The exhibition series, jointly sponsored by CPAFFC, German Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (GDKE, Directorate General Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate)?and?Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher China-gesellschaften (ADCG, Federation of German-China Friendship Association), will be held in Trier , Karl Marx’s hometown.
More than 20 well-known medias including Xinhua Agency, China Daily, Global Times Network, CRI Online, Beijing Television?and?Finacial Times participated in?and?reported the press conference.
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Photographed by Li Zhe
UCLG ASPAC First Session of 2018 Executive Bureau Meeting was Held in Islamabad
At the invitation of UCLG ASPAC, LCAP?and?LCA-KP, the CPAFFC delegation with Mr.Shen Xin, general director of European?and?Eurasian Affairs Department at the helm attended the meeting on 8-12 April 2018. Themed as “Think Globally, Act Locally – SDGs Implementation through Local Governments”, the meeting gathered more than 50 international delegates from 10 countries. The Prime Minister of Pakistan attended the meeting?and?delivered a speech. Fuzhou, Hangzhou?and?Jinan cities were present at the meeting.
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Secretary General Li Xikui Attends the 1st China Children Football Development Forum and the 2nd Training of Campus Dream Catchers
The 1st China Children Football Development Forum?and?the 2nd Training of Campus Dream Catchers, hosted by China Friendship Foundation for Peace?and?Development (CFFPD), was held on April 12, 2018. The program was under the guidance of the CPAFFC?and?co-organized by Beijing Football Association?and?Beingmate Baby & Child Food Co., Ltd.
With the aim of “promoting Chinese parent-child culture, promoting children’s football, enhancing international children’s friendship, as well as caring about?and?improving the nutrition?and?health of women?and?children”, the event attracted experts on children football education, professors, representatives of relevant companies?and?heads?and?teachers of kindergartens from Beijing, Tianjin?and?Hebei Province, totaling over 150 people, to participate in the event.
Li Xikui, Secretary General of the CPAFFC, attended?and?addressed the event. In his speech, he said that football education should start with children. Children football is a basic project for the healthy growth of young people. It is the cornerstone for the development of junior football?and?the source of the country’s talent pool for future football players. The children football public welfare project, namely Campus Dream Catchers, is a practical measure to respond to the directive of the Overall Chinese Football Reform?and?Development Program?and?a concrete implementation of the development of children football. The CFFPD will actively play the role of a platform for public welfare to unite all social forces to ensure the progress?and?effective operation of the project.
Xie Hong, the founder?and?Chairman of Beingmate?and?a philanthropist dedicated to children’s growth, said Beingmate’s involvement in children football is out of the special sense of responsibility?and?mission of the practitioners of baby & child products industry. "Strong babies?and?children make a strong China.” It is incumbent on Beingmate to contribute to the education?and?development of China’s children football.
During the opening ceremony, Deng Lan, Deputy Secretary General of CFFPD,?and?Chen Changhong, Deputy Secretary General of Beijing Football Association, signed an agreement on strategic cooperation on behalf of their respective sides.
Yang Haibin, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports?and?Chairman of Beijing Football Association, said that the forum would contribute to gathering wisdom?and?ideas?and?showing the direction for actions, so as to carry out practices?and?cultural exploration of football.
Wan Xuanrong, Member of China Cares for the Next Generation Working Committee?and?Supervisor of the CFFPD, introduced the project of Campus Dream Catchers?and?its future plan.
Jin Zhiyang, Director of National Campus Football Expert?Committee, former coach of Chinese football national team, Consultant?and?Director of Technical Committee of Beijing Football Association,?and?Professor Wan Xuanrong, led the representatives of teachers, parents?and?children to read the Proposal of Campus Dream Catchers, proposing the idea of “Chinese football starting from me?and?let children grow up with football”.
During the forum, Professor Yin Hongbo, the founder of international critical period for football, gave a wonderful speech titled "Football: Children’s Very First Sport?and?the Current Development?and?the Future of China's Children Football".
British coach Adam James shared an interest-oriented animal-themed football course based on the characteristics of children aged 2 to 8 in China.
During the roundtable discussions, Jin Zhiyang, Liu Xifu, Head of Youth Division of Beijing Football Association, Geng Jianhua, FIFA grassroots coach instructor, CFA campus football coach instructor?and?professor of Shaanxi Normal University, Li Yuan, Principal of Laoshanxili Kindergarten of Shougang Nursery Education Center, Xi Tian, teacher of Huayuancun Kindergarten of National Government Offices Administration,?and?Xu Jinghai, parent representative of BK Kindergarten, had discussions on how to promote the development of China’s children football.
Afterwards, children football education experts from all walks of life conducted a one-and-a-half-day training session, combining theory?and?practice, to the principals?and?teachers of almost 100 kindergartens from Beijing, Tianjin?and?Hebei Province. The training covers how to arouse children’s interest in football, organize football games effectively?and?improve children’s football courses?and?other contents.
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