At the invitation of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), a delegation formed by 23 mayors from 9 countries including Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Salvador, Ecuador, Columbia, Bolivia, Paraguay and Mexico visited Beijing and Tianjin from May 19th to 26th.

During the visit, Mr. Xie Yuan, the vice president of the CPAFFC, Mr. Tian Guiming, the deputy secretary general of Tianjin People’s Political Consultative Conference and vice president of Tianjin People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries held banquets for the delegation respectively. With the assistance and arrangement of Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Mr. Yu Debin, the deputy director of Beijing Tourism Administration and Mr. Sun Shuo, the deputy district chief of Xicheng District held working symposiums with the delegation on development of tourism, protection of historic and culture heritage, city planning and building of communities. During its visit in Beijing, the delegation also met and discussed with the persons in charge of Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of the CPAFFC on issues of friendly exchanges especially the works of friendship cities between the Chinese and Latin American local governments. The delegation also visited to Beijing Economic-technological Development Area, the head office of Baidu company, Tianjin Urban Planning Exhibition Hall and Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Binhai New District. The visit achieved positive results.