Vice President Mme. Lin Yi met with H.E. Mr. Crispus Kiyonga, the new ambassador of Uganda to China on 12, September.

Mme. Lin Yi welcomed H.E. Mr. Crispus Kiyonga to assume his post in China. She said that the past fifty-five years have witnessed sound development of the China-Uganda relations, as well as close contacts and fruitful cooperation in various areas between the two countries. She introduced the CPAFFC’s exchanges and future plans of cooperation with Uganda and also thanked the embassy for its strong and long-term support to the CPAFFC. She said the CPAFFC would like to keep communication with the embassy, so as to jointly promote exchanges and cooperation in local government, education, culture and other areas.

H.E. Mr. Crispus Kiyonga spoke highly of President Xi Jiping’s Up and Out of Poverty and shared his thoughts about developing Uganda-China relations inspired by this book. He said that the embassy pays great attention to its contacts with the Chinese localities and the cultural exchanges between Uganda and China, and will continue to work with the CPAFFC to deepen people-to-people friendship.

Mme. Lin Yi and H.E. Mr. Crispus Kiyonga also exchange views on specific programs for cooperation.