On the morning of 20th, May 2015, Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries meets with Mark Bacon, eldest son of the former Tasmanian Governor.

Jim Bacon, Mark Bacon’s Late Father was a close friend of President Xi Jinping. During his term as Governor of Tasmania, Jim devoted himself to friendly cooperation with China and pushed forward the establishment of friendship relation between Tasmania and Fujian Province. During his state visit in Australia last November, President Xi Jinping paid a special visit to Hobart, capital city of Tasmania and met with Bacon’s family.