On July 23, CPAFFC Vice President Xie Yuan met with Dr. Robby Schlund, Member of German Bundestag.

Xie Yuan welcomed Robby Schlund for his first visit to China and CPAFFC, and briefly introduced the functions of CPAFFC and people-to-people exchanges and friendship-city cooperation between China and Germany. Xie said that since the establishment of China-Germany all-round strategic partnership in 2014, the China-Germany relations maintain a momentum of rapid development. The exchange of visits between your Chancellor and our Premier this year has deepened the bilateral relations. CPAFFC is willing to work with German Bundestag and local Parliaments to jointly promote people-to-people exchanges and friendship-city cooperation between the two countries. Xie also invited Schlund to attend the 2018 China International Friendship Cities Conference in November.

Schlund thanked Xie for sparing the time to meet him and spoke highly of CPAFFC’s contribution to promoting people’s friendship and people-to-people friendly contacts and friendship-city cooperation between China and Germany. As the deputy head of the Chinese Affairs Group of Bundestag, he expressed his willingness to cooperate with CPAFFC to deepen the exchanges and cooperation in the fields of parliaments, local governments and friendship cities between the two countries.

Before his visit to CPAFFC, Schlund met with Mr. Liu Qian, Vice-Chairperson of the Educational, Scientific, Cultural and Health Committee of the NPC. The two sides exchanged views on Chinese and German medical system and the development of traditional medicine. As the President of Chinese Hospital Association, Liu hoped to carry out exchanges and cooperation with its German counterparts and hospitals. Schlund promised to facilitate such cooperation. Qing Boming, Secretary General of CIFCA, was present at the meeting.