Mr. Li Xikui, Secretary General of Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC) met with Mr. Chen Xinghui, President of Australian Soong Ching Ling Foundation(ASCLF) and his delegation and provided a banquet for them on 16th, April.

During the meeting, Secretary General Li and President Chen respectively made a brief introduction of the work done by CPAFFC and ASCLF recently. Secretary General Li said they have known each other for many years. Since the ASCLF was established by President Chen, he has been making active contributions to inheriting and carrying forward the spirit of Mr. Sun Yat-Sen and Mme. Soong Ching Ling, to keeping contact and uniting overseas Chinese as well as promoting the communication and cooperation in a variety of fields between China and Australian. President Chen expressed that they would like to continue strengthening the collaboration with the CPAFFC and make contributions to the cause of the people-to-people friendship between the two countries. The both sides also had a discussion on the topic of how to better develop the friendly exchanges between peoples. The delegation also visited the Exhibitions on the History of CPAFFC.

Mr. Zhang Juxiang, Director General of China Service Center for Friendship and Cooperation with Foreign Countries, Mr. Ji Yongjun, Deputy Director General of Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of CPAFFC and Mr. Zhou Lang, Executive Vice President of ASCLF, attended the meeting.