Vice President Xie Yuan Meets with Fred Cohen, Chairman of the International Academy of Television Arts&Sciences
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Vice President Xie Yuan met with Fred Cohen, Chairman of the International Academy of Television Arts&Sciences, on November 4th ,2015.
Vice President Xie extended a warm welcome to Mr. Cohen. He briefed on recent efforts of the CPAFFC to promote sub-national and people-to-people exchanges and cooperation between China and U.S., hoping to cooperate with Mr. Cohen’s office in strengthening China-US cultural exchanges.
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Mr. Cohen thanked Vice President Xie for meeting with him. He introduced his another responsibility as chairman of PCI-Media Impact, which played an active role in fighting the Ebola disease by using soap opera. He also expressed wish to work with the CPAFFC in various forms to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the people of the two countries.
Vice President Xie Yuan Meets with the A.Co.R Delegation of Romania
On November 2nd, Vice President Xie Yuan met with the delegation of Association of Communes of Romania (A.Co.R).
Vice President Xie expressed warm welcome to the delegation. He said since the signing of the MOU between China International Friendship Cities Association (CIFCA) and A. Co. R last November during the 2014 China International Friendship Cities Conference, the two sides have maintained close & frequent contacts. During the visit by CIFCA to Romania this July, the delegation received warm hospitality from A.Co.R. Vice President Xie hoped that through the visit, the two associations can deepen the friendship, promote mutual understanding, and enhance exchanges and cooperation. Entrusted by the Chinese government, the CIFCA is responsible for coordinating and managing the friendship-city relations between China and foreign countries, and has helped establish 30 affiliations of friendship states and cities between China and Romania. CIFCA will make greater efforts to help forge more friendship cities between our two countries in the future.
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President Draghici of A.Co.R. thanked the CIFCA for its invitation and hospitality to his delegation. He said that A.Co.R. is devoted to creating a tighter relation between local authorities of Romania. The delegation members are from different Romanian communes and represent the good will of their own communes to cooperate with their Chinese counterparts. By visiting cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin and connecting with local authorities, they hope to lay a solid foundation for win-win cooperation in the future.
Vice President Song Jingwu Meets with the Delegation of Veterans of Kazakhstan
On November 2, Vice President Song Jingwu met with the delegation of veterans of Kazakhstan led by B.B.Mukushev, Vice President, Association of Veterans Organization in Kazakhstan.
On behalf of CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin, Vice President Song Jingwu welcomed guests, appreciated monumental contribution of Kazakhstan veterans to China in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, expressed that the Chinese people will never forget the friendship of Kazakhstan and China cemented with blood, hoped that the two peoples in the best period of development of relations of China and Kazakhstan inherit the friendship forged in the war time from generation to generation.
B.B.Mukushev expressed that great changes have taken place in China for the past 70 years. They highly appreciate the positive efforts of China in safeguarding world peace and stability.
The delegation paid a visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese embassy in kazakhstan, they visited Urumqi, Shanghai, Harbin and Beijing. The three veterans fought? at the northeast battle field in China during the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
The First China-Japan Youth Chinese Calligraphy Exchange & Friendly Oath-Taking Ceremony
'The First China-Japan Youth Chinese Calligraphy Exchange & Friendly Oath-Taking Ceremony’ was held in Beijing on Novermber 1st, 2015. Mr. Li Xikui, Secretary General of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Mr. YASUSHI YAMAMOTO, Minister of the Embassy of Japan in China, Mr. Zhang Juxiang, Director General of the China Service Center for Friendship and Cooperation with Foreign Countries (CSC),? attended the activity and delivered speeches.
This activity was jointly held by CSC, Philia?Non-Profitable?Organization, and Kao (China) Holding Co.,Ltd..The activity was also received great support from the CPAFFC, Embassy of Japan in China, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China, and Japanese Association in Beijing.
One hundred young amateur calligraphers from China and Japan attended the activity. The youth were selected from Beijing Hepingli Ninth?Primary School, Beijing Yue Tan Middle School, University of International Business and Economics, Embassy Affiliated Japanese School of Beijing, China, Beijing Japanese Students Association Beijing?Japanese?Student?Association (BJSA).Together with each other, they created the “Oath to Friendship” with one hundred Chinese characters. Through each one writing one character, the youth expressed their wish for forever friendship between China and Japan. After the Chinese calligraphy exchanges had finished, those one hundred Chinese and Japanese youth took a solemn oath under the Peace Bell in the CPAFFC, and together stroke the bell 21 times, which expressed the young generation’s strong expectation for the friendship of the two countries in the 21st century.
Mr. Li Chunbo, Council Member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, Mr. An Hongyu, Member of Beijing Calligraphers Association, and Mrs. RIE MAEDA, Committee Member of SOUSHINKAI, acted as judges in this Chinese Calligraphy activity, and granted the contestants gold, silver and bronze medals.
Through Chinese calligraphy, the main purpose of this activity is to enhance the mutual exchange among the youth from China and Japan, to strengthen the public support of the friendship between the two countries, and to promote harmonious, peaceful and prosperous bilateral ties.
Mr. NISIMIZU TORU, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in China, Mr. MINORU NAKANISHI, Chairman of Board of Directors of Kao(China) Holding Co., Ltd., Mr. SAKASITA? SIGENOBU, Chairman of Committee of Philia of Non-Profitable Organization, Mr. SHUYA OKUDA, Principal of the Embassy Affiliated Japanese School of Beijing, China, Mrs. Hou Lihua, Secretary of the Beijing Dongcheng District?Hepingli Ninth?Primary School and Mr. Liu Jingshen, Vice President of the Beijing Dongcheng District?Hepingli Ninth?Primary School, Mrs. Chen Zhen, Vice President of Beijing Yue Tan Middle School, and Mrs. Zhang Shanshan, Secretary of the Youth League Committee of the School of International Studies of the University of International Business and Economics, attended the above activities.
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China-Turkey Youth Friendship Envoy Delegation Visits China
Initiated by Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and Chinese Embassy in Turkey, the first delegation of China-Turkey Youth Friendship Envoy Project (consisting 15 members) visited China from October 26th to 31st.
In Beijing, Mme. Lin Yi, Vice President of the CPAFFC met and hosted a welcome dinner for the delegation. The delegation also communicated with the students and teachers of Turkish Language Department in Asian and African School of Beijing Foreign Studies University, under the theme of "China in your eyes and Turkey in my eyes". Turkish Chanel of China Radio International conducted the interview and reported the activity.
Besides Beijing, the delegation also visited Yinchuan and Shanghai. They met and communicated with Hui, Uygur, Kazak and other minorities students in the University of Northern Nationalities, and visited Heshun New Village of Liangtian Town in Jinfeng District and Islam Institute. Mrs. Bai Yuzhen, Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs Office of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, met with the delegation. During in Shanghai, the delegation visited the Old Pier Creation Park.
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Deputy Director General Meets with President of Saint Lucia-China Friendship Association
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On Oct. 30th, Mr. Ji Yongjun, Deputy Director General met with Mr. Earl Bousque, President of Saint Lucia-China Friendship Association. The both sides held discussion on the friendly exchanges on the areas of tourism, education, arts and sister cities between the two countries.
Vice President Song Jingwu Meets with New Minister of the Spanish Embassy, Mr. José Luis García Galán
On 29th October, Vice President Song Jingwu met with Mr. José Luis García Galán, the new Minister of the Spanish Embassy.
Vice President Song briefly introduced the main functions of the CPAFFC, reviewed a series of effective activities co-hosted by the CPAFFC and the Spanish Embassy, especially the 8th China-Spain Forum which were successfully held in Madrid this April.
José Luis García Galán expressed that China-Spain Forum is the most important platform of two countries, however, the forum is not the only method. The Spanish Embassy is willing to implement outcomes of the the Forum with CPAFFC, constantly open up new areas of cooperation to make more contribution to the friendship between China and Spain.