On May 27th, Vice President Hu Sishe met with Mr. Bernard Dewit, Chairman of Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

 Vice President Hu Sishe welcomed Mr. Bernard Dewit and expressed his sincere thanks for the gracious hospitality of Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce during his visit to Belgium in March this year. Hu briefly introduced his working schedule in 2014 and emphasized two important events in the schedule-- one is that a delegation of cultural officers from Chinese cities and localities will be organized to attend 2014 China-Germany Culture Forum held in Berlin, Germany in September; the other one is 2014 China International Friendship Cities Conference will be held in Guangzhou, China in November. Hu invited Mr. Dewit to attend 2014 China International Friendship Cities Conference and hoped Mr.  Dewit could help organize officers from European Union and Belgian cities and representatives of relevant organizations to attend the conference and share their experience in urbanization with all participants. Mr. Dewit expressed his great interest in the conference and his great willingness to help promote exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and European cities. Mr. Dewit told Hu that Mons, a Belgian city has been elected as 2015 European Capital of Culture and hoped the Chinese delegation of culture could visit Mons after attending the culture forum in Berlin in September to promote Chinese- Belgian Culture exchanges and cooperation. Mr. Dewit mentioned that as a national people’s organization with the longest history engaged in people-to-people diplomacy of the People’s Republic of China, CPAFFC has always been a reliable partner. He hoped CPAFFC and Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce would sign a partnership agreement in the future to further promote the long-term cooperation between the two organizations. Hu expressed his thanks and positive response to Mr. Dewit’s invitation and suggestion