On March 7, Madame Lin Yi, Vice President of CPAFFC, met with Ms. Evangeline Ducrocq, who is leaving her post as Minister of the Philippine Embassy in Beijing.

Madame Lin extended gratitude to Ms. Ducrocq for her support to CPAFFC over the years and indicated that CPAFFC co-hosted a number of friendly activities with the Philippine side last year, especially the Seminar of Chinese and Philippine Local Government Leaders which was the first bilateral cooperation mechanism of local governments between China and ASEAN member states. The CPAFFC will work with the Philippine side to further promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation between people-to-people friendship organizations and local governments. Madame Lin hoped that Ms. Ducrocq can continue to support the cause of people-to-people friendship between China and the Philippines in the future.

Ms. Ducrocq spoke highly of CPAFFC’s contribution in bilateral relations during her term of office in China as well as CPAFFC’s unique role in promoting friendship-city relations and local government cooperation. The Philippine Embassy will keep close contact with CPAFFC to carry on and develop the traditional friendship between the two countries.