Mme.Lin Yi, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) met with and held a banquet for the Poches on the evening of August 26th, on Sunday. Mr. Miroslav Poche, Member of the European Parliament and Vice Chairman of the EU-China Friendship Group in the European Parliament. During the meeting, Vice President Lin Yi discussed with Miroslav Poche about the important significance of strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between China and European countries under the new situation. Both sides also exchanged their views on important international issues including the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to be held in early next month in Beijing, Sino-African relationship and the recent trade friction between China and the United States. Mr. Gai Lin, Assistant of Chairman Nirj Deva, Mr. Peter Huang, Deputy Director General of EU-China Joint Innovation Center, Mme.Zhang Ruoning, Deputy Director General of Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC, accompanied with and attended the meeting and banquet.