On August 20, 2025, Lu Xiangdong, Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with Hasan ?apan, President of the Turkish Chinese Friendship Foundation, and his delegation. The two sides held in-depth discussions on China-Turkey relations, as well as on people-to-people exchanges and practical cooperation between the two countries.
Vice President Lu Xiangdong noted that China and Turkey are two countries with ancient civilizations, linked for millennia by the Silk Road, which left behind enduring stories of friendship and mutual exchange. In recent years, under the guidance of the two heads of state, China-Turkey relations have maintained a sound momentum of growth. The CPAFFC is ready to work hand in hand with the Turkish Chinese Friendship Foundation to deepen traditional friendship, build more bridges for mutually beneficial cooperation in culture, youth, and subnational government exchanges, and contribute to the advancement of the strategic cooperative relationship between the two countries.
President Hasan ?apan commended the CPAFFC for its longstanding efforts to enhance friendship between the two peoples. He expressed the Turkish Chinese Friendship Foundation's readiness to strengthen cooperation with the CPAFFC to promote exchanges in culture, education, and think tanks, and to further deepen mutual understanding and affinity between the two peoples. Following the meeting, the two organizations signed a cooperation agreement.
Xu Yan, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asian and African Affairs of the CPAFFC, was present at the meeting.
