President Li Xiaolin Meets with Nepalese Ambassador to China
On the afternoon of January, 8th, 2014, CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin met with H.E. Mr. Mahesh Kumar Maskey, the ambassador of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal to China.
President Li Xiaolin welcomed Ambassador Maskey to visit the CPAFFC, and briefed him about the major works on people-to-people contact, establishment of friendship cities, Sino-foreign cultural exchanges that has done by the CPAFFC since its establishment 60 years ago, as well as series programs of 2014 China-Nepal Cities Culture Dialogue being held in Nepal by the time.
Ambassador Maskey thanked President Li Xiaolin for finding time for the meeting in her tight schedule. He said, Nepal always cherished the friendly relation with China, especially the cooperation and contact with the CPAFFC. He deemed cultural exchanges greatly significant to people-to-people friendship and development of bilateral relation. He also expressed that, long before he took his post in China, he had heard about the important role as a platform the CPAFFC played in people-to-people contact between China and Nepal, and finally his wish of visiting the CPAFFC was granted on this day. Ambassador Maskey told President Li Xiaolin that, there was a debate on how to choose the social developing mode in Nepal. Since the development of China had achieved great result in recent years, he suggested the both sides to hold seminars and exchanges to enhance the mutual understanding and further promote the relation between China and Nepal. Besides, Ambassador Maskey also invited President Li Xiaolin to attend the Nepal Cultural Festival which will be held in Beijing this year.
President Li Xiaolin said, Nepal and China are friendly neighboring countries, China’s development has brought opportunities of development to the neighboring countries including Nepal. The both sides could explore and hold academic discussions and cultural exchanges with the theme of mutual trust, cooperation and all win.
The both sides were willing to consolidate and develop the cooperation in culture, especially the contact and cooperation of high-level scholars, based on the Memo on cooperation signed by the CPAFFC and Nepal World Culture Net, so as to jointly promote the all-around partnership passed on from generation to generation of the two countries.
President Li Xiaolin Meets President of San Marino-China Friendship Association
On Dec. 27, CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin met with Mr. Gian Franco Terenzi, President of San Marino-China Friendship Association and former Captain Regent of San Marino.
President Li Xiaolin joyfully recalled her visit to San Marino in this September. She expressed that she was pleasant to meet with the old friends again, and spoke highly of President Terenzi’s effort and contribution to promoting the friendship between China and San Marino. She invited President Terenzi as an old friend of the Chinese people to attend the commemorative activities celebrating 60th anniversary of the establishment of the CPAFFC in May, 2014.
President Terenzi said, it had been 25 years since San Marino-China Friendship Association was established. The cooperation with the CPAFFC had been closer and closer. It was a great pleasure to be invited to attend the celebrating activities.
CAFFC Vice President Li Jianping, Song Jingwu, Director-General of European and Asian Affairs were present at the meeting.
President Li Xiaolin Visits Myanmar
Meeting with President U Thein Sein
At the invitation of the Myanmar-China Friendship Association (MCFA), President Li Xiaolin led a 6-member CPAFFC delegation and visited Myanmar from Dec. 18th to 21st, 2013. During the visit, President Li paid a courtesy call to U Thein Sein, President of Myanmar and met U Htay Oo, Vice Chairman of Union Solidarity and Development Party and Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of National League of Democracy. President Li had a work meeting with MCFA President U Sein Win Aung and the two associations reached a lot of consensus on the high-level exchanges and cooperation on culture, youth and charity work between the two countries.
President Li made a special visit to the Yangon University of Foreign Language and held a friendship dialogue with the teachers and students of the Chinese Department. President Li encouraged them to carry forward and develop the China-Myanmar traditional friendship. The delegation also visited the Nay Pyi Taw Office of CNPC South-East Asia Pipeline Company Limited and was briefed on the China-Myanmar gas pipeline project. H.E. Mr. Yang Houlan, Ambassador of China to Myanmar accompanied the delegation in major activities.
President Li Xiaolin Meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi
Meeting with?U Htay Oo, Vice Chairman of Union Solidarity and Development Party
Having working meeting with Myanmar-China Friendship Association
Presenting gift to Yangon University of Foreign Language
President Li Xiaolin Meets Former Japanese Ambassador to China
On Dec. 16th, Mme. Li Xiaolin, the president of the CPAFFC met with Miyamoto Yuji, the former Japanese ambassador to China and the vice president of Japan-China Friendship Center. The both sides exchanged views on China-Japan relations and other issues.
President Li Xiaolin Meets with Neil Bush
On December 10th, President Li Xiaolin met with Neil Bush and representatives of The Texas A&M University System. Neil Bush is the third son of the 41st U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush and the younger brother of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States. The two sides held a discussion on co-hosting George H.W. Bush 6th Biennial China-U.S. Relations Conference in Beijing in September, 2014.
President Li Xiaolin Attends Lauching Ceremony of Culture Envoy Fund
On Dec. 9th , CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin attended the launching ceremony of Culture Envoy Fund and had a meeting with Mr. Jiang Kun, Chairman of China Ballad Singers Association, Mr. Feng Shuangbai, member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Executive Vice-Chairman of? Chinese Dancers Association (CDA), Mr. Chen Weiya, member of CPPCC and Vice Chairman of CDA, and their companions.
President Li welcomed the artists for their visiting the CPAFFC. She briefed them about the status of our association and the preparation for the 60th anniversary of CPAFFC’s establishment. She expressed that the CPAFFC would like to strengthen the cooperation with the literary and art circles of China, so as to reveal the Chinese culture to the world better.
Mr. Jiang Kun thanked President Li for taking time for this meeting, and introduced the situation that the Chinese cultural and art circles carry out intangible cultural exchanges with foreign countries. He expressed that he would take part in the correlative events organized by the CPAFFC, and jointly promote the Going out Strategy of the Chinese culture.
Culture?Envoy Fund was established on 1 million Yuan donated by Beijing Ivy Road Education Investment Co., LTD, aiming for going abroad to introduce and reveal the brilliant and rich intangible cultural heritages of China, in form of performance and exhibition brought by the Chinese youth.
President Li Xiaolin Meets Japanese Guests
On Nov. 28, President Li Xiaolin met with Mr. Sakashita? Shigenobu, Chairman of Board of TOMAC Corporation and Numata Toshiharu, Chief Representative for China of Kao Corporation at the CPAFFC.
President Li said, it was pleasant to meet her old friend again, and she appreciate that Mr. Sakashita introduced new friend to the CPAFFC. At the present situation, we expected more Japanese friends to work more for enhancing China-Japan friendship. China and Japan were close neighbors, the both countries should further strength people-to-people friendly contact, especially exchanges in culture, art and economic cooperation. The combination of the Japanese technique and the Chinese market would benefit the both sides and the peaceful development of Asia and the world.
Mr. Sakashita said, under the current serious condition, as the nongovernmental organizations, they were planning some people-to-people exchanging events in culture, art and economy among China, Japan and R.O. Korea. It is expected those events could receive the support from the CPAFFC.
Mr. Numata introduced the course of Kao Corporation’s development in China. He wished to make greater efforts for China’s continuous development with the advanced technology.
President Li expressed her support to Mr. Sakashita’s idea, and gave her acknowledgement and best wishes to the development of Kao Corporation. Zhang Ju Xiang, Director-General of China Service Center for Friendship and Cooperation with Foreign Countries was present at the meeting.
President Li Xiaolin Meets with Ms. Peggy Rockefeller Dulany, Founder of Global Philanthropist Circle
On November 20th, President Li Xiaolin met with Ms. Peggy Rockefeller Dulany, Founder of Global Philanthropist Circle and Chair of Synergos Institute. They exchanged views on how to strengthen cooperation and dialogue among the non-profit NGOs in both China and the U.S. and how to promote the development of China-U.S. relationship. Ms. Liu Ting, Managing Director of Standing Committee, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, also attended the meeting.?
President Li Xiaolin Attends Forum on US-China Relations
The Forum on US-China Relations co-hosted by CPAFFC and the Carter Center was held on Nov. 11th at Atlanta, Georgia. Jimmy Carter, former US President, Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., Li Xiaolin, President of CPAFFC, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor, Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative and other scholars and business leaders attended the Forum, sharing views on how to build the new type of major country relations between China and the U.S..
President Li Xiaolin said that unprecedented changes have taken place in China during the past 30 years. China is now the world’s second largest economy with remarkable improvement in overall national strength. Chinese people actively participate in the discussions on international affairs and the international community wants China to share its voice on major issues. China’s rapid development has posed great influence upon the economic discourse power and moral authority of both Europe and America. With China’s attention extended from continent to oceans and space, China and the U.S. are sharing more mutual interests in those fields. These changes present new opportunities as well as challenges to the development of China-U.S. relations. The heads of state of our two countries achieved agreement on building new type of major country relations between China and the U.S., which set the goal for the future development of the bilateral relations. To achieve this goal, we need to win stronger public support, enhance friendly exchanges, increase mutual trust, demonstrate sincerity and take a longer view on the sustained development of friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. CPAFFC has done a great deal of work in promoting bilateral sub-national exchange in recent years. For example, we successfully held two China-U.S. Governors Forums in collaboration with the U.S. National Governors Association, which helped promoting comprehensive exchanges and cooperation between sub-national governments of the two countries as well as consolidating the friendly basis of the two peoples.
U.S. former President Jimmy Carter reviewed the development of China-U.S. relations during his speech. He has been making unswerving efforts in promoting cooperation between China and the U.S., helping American people get a better understanding on a free, open and dynamic China and the tremendous achievements China has made after adopting reform and opening-up policy. Although there are many differences between China and the U.S., both countries shoulder common responsibilities in tackling many global challenges. A glorious future of China-U.S. relations will be made possible through joint efforts from both sides.
Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai said that China-U.S. relations have grown rapidly after the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the U.S. since 1979. China’s fast growth caused concerns from the U.S. and other countries on the rise of China. However, history has proved that the development of China and China-U.S. relations would provide greater opportunities for both countries, Asia and the world at large. China will not pose any threat to other countries. Both sides should work closely in tackling common global challenges so as to inject new impetus to the bilateral relations.
Representatives from the political, academic and business circles of the two countries discussed various topics during the forum, such as the history and future of China-U.S. relations, economic and trade cooperation, media influence, China-U.S. cooperation in Africa and youth exchanges. Q& A sessions were held also.
After the Forum, President Li Xiaolin traveled to Washington D.C. and met with representatives from the U.S. State Department and the National Governors Association and discussed the preparation work for next year’s China-U.S. Governors Forum.
President Li Xiaolin Meets Governor of Baja-California
On Nov 9th, 2013, CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin paid a short visit to Tijuana, Mexico, and met with Mr. Francisco Arturo Vega de Lamadrid, the governor of Baja-California. She also met and had a 3-hour discussion with Mr. Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, the current mayor of Tijuana, Mr. Jorge Astiazaran Orci, the mayor elect of Tijuana and the entrepreneurs from Baja-California. Mr. Wang Xian, the Chinese Consul-General to Tijuana was present at the above events.
President Li Xiaolin said, since China and Mexico established diplomatic relations in 1972, the non-governmental contacts between the two countries had achieve fruitful results as the same time as the official relations was developing. Mr. Luis Echeverria Nunez and Ernesto Zedillo, the former presidents of Mexico were the old friends of the CPAFFC, both of whom visited China at the CPAFFC’s invitation. Mexico-China Friendship Association and Enlace Economico Cultural Mexico-China kept good cooperative relation with the CPAFFC. When she introducing the accompanying entrepreneurs, President Li Xiaolin said, investment and commercial exchanges were important content of developing non-governmental contacts between China and Mexico. She believed State of Baja-California which neighbored the United States would provide the Chinese private enterprises with good environment for investment and trading, and develop more cooperation projects with the joint efforts of the both sides, so as to benefit the two peoples.
Governor Lamadrid took his post on Nov. 1st, and paid great attention on the first delegation he received. He promised that he would do his best in his 6-year term, to strengthen the exchanges and cooperation between Baja-California and China, in fields of economy, trading, culture and local authorities,
?
?
?
?
?
?