On September 4th , Vice President Song Jingwu met with Chinese people’s old friend Mrs. Sarah Lande and the Iowa delegation. Vice President Song said that, the sister province-state relationship between Hebei and Iowa is exemplary in China-US subnational relationship, which has  contributed to the progress of China-US biliteral relations. CPAFFC would like to work closely with Iowa to further advance our friendly ties under the current circumstances that the bilateral relations are at the critical period.

Mrs. Sarah Lande said that people-to-people friendship holds the key for the bilateral relationship, and Iowa hopes to strengthen its ties with Hebei, thus making new contributions to US-China relationship.