Feng Zuoku, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) met Ali Al Amrani, the Minister of Information and the head of Yemen-China Parliamentary Friendship Group, and his delegation which was invited by the Information office of State Council of the People’s Republic of China.on September 11, 2013. 

Vice president Feng Zuoku reviewed the friendly exchanges between the people of two countries and briefly introduced the CPAFFC, the mechanism of China-Arab Friendship Conference and the situation of the first forum on China-Arab cities which will be held next year in China.

Minister Ali Al Amrani spoke highly of the traditional friendship among China, Yemen and Arabic countries. He thanked China for the continual help to Yemen, especially in highway, hospital, universities and other construction of infrastructure. He expressed that China was different from western countries which had conflicts with Arabic countries. China had kept friendly relationship with Arabic countries since the ancient times. Prophet Muhammad said that people should come to China to acquired knowledge. Minister Ali Al Amrani also hoped that more and more students from Yemen would study in China in the new period, so as to strengthen and consolidate Yemen-China relationship. The President of the Yemen-China Friendship Association and the former Yemen Ambassador to China studied in China, they could all speak Chinese and learn about China very well, which set up a good example for us.

Minister Ali Al Amrani pointed out that the Chinese people achieved great development and started a special development model by their wisdom, which demonstrated the eastern countries were capable of achieving development without colonial way. He also said Arab and China were eastern countries, but the Chinese people never treated Arabic countries with religious and racial discrimination. The experience of the China''s development was worth learning by Yemen and Arabic Countries.