At the invitation of CPAFFC and organized by the Council of the Federation of Canada, a delegation of 360 members, including Premiers of Prince Edward Island, Ontario and Quebec, government officials, business leaders, scholars and artists from the three provinces, visited China in late October. Mme. Li Xiaolin, President of our association, hosted a welcoming reception at the Harmony Garden in our compound and signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Prince Edward Island and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries with Honorable Robert Ghiz, Premier of Prince Edward Island Province of Canada.

Mme.Li Xiaolin Delivering a speech at the Welcoming Reception of the Canadian Provincial Premiers Delegation

In her speech, Mme. Li Xiaolin pointed out that we will work closely with Canadian counterpart to promote the establishment of China-Canada provincial governors exchange mechanism with which we could deepen the understanding among provincial governments of our two countries so as to explore more opportunities to be discovered for cooperation in a more extensive range. Honorable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario Province of Canada, indicated that even with a variety of high tech communication means face-to-face meeting can never be replaced by any other means of telecommunication. We should establish more such platforms to promote more face-to-face communication.

The delegation visited Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Sanya etc. and their sister provinces in China. During their visit in Beijing, Mr. Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology, Vice Chairman of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Mr. Jiang Daming, Minister of Land and Resources and Mr. Huang Shuhe, Vice Chairman of State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Committee met with the delegation separately.

Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Prince Edward Island and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

Delegation meeting with Mr. Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology, Vice Chairman of CPPCC