On November 3, CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi met with Mr. Mohsen Fergani Abdelbaki, Egyptian translator as well as one of the winners of "Chinese Arab Friendship Outstanding Contribution Award".

Vice President Lin welcomed the visit of Mr. Fergani and congratulated him on the release of his newly published the Arabic Translations of the Chinese Classical Works. Lin said that the CPAFFC is willing to cooperate with Mr. Fergani and other scholars and experts who are keenly interested in Chinese culture, to carry out cultural and academic exchanges between China and Egypt. Mr. Fergani thanked the CPAFFC for inviting him for this visit, and hoped to strengthen his cooperation with the CPAFFC. He also extended an invitation to Madam Lin to visit Egypt. Counselor Moataz Anwar Mostafa of the Egyptian Embassy in China and Deputy Director General Sun Xueqing of the Asian and African Department of the CPAFFC were also present at the meeting.