On December 2, 2015, at the invitation of United Cities and Local Government Africa (UCLGA), CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi led a delegation to attend the 3rd China-Africa Mayors Dialogue and Special Lunch with Chinese Elected Representatives for the 7th Africities Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Around forty Chinese participants, including Mr. Tian Shujun, Vice Chairman of CPPCC Dalian Municipal Committee, Mr. Lu Zuoquan, Vice President of Nanchang People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Mr. Lu Zhengda, Deputy Mayor of Jingdezhen, Mr. Liang Xianting, Deputy Mayor of Zaozhuang and Mr. Chen Hongning, Deputy Mayor of Liuzhou, attended the dialogue. There were over forty African participants attending the dialogue, including Mr. Khalifa Sall, UCLGA President and Mayor of Dakar, Mr. Parks Tau, Mayor of Johannesburg, the host city of 7th Africities Summit, Mr. Thabo Manyoni, President of South African Local Government Association and Mayor of Bloemfontein, Ms. Jacqueline Belle, Mayor of Victoria, Mr. Mohamed Saddiki, Mayor of Rabat and Mr. Moubacar Bah, Mayor of Bamako, as well as local government representatives from Benin, Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, Mozambique and Uganda.
During the visit to South Africa, the delegation also met with Hon. Marius Fransman, Honorary President of South Africa-China People’s Friendship Association (SACPFA) and Chairman of African National Conference in Western Cape Province, Mr. Cao Xingzhi, Executive President of SACPFA, and held talks with City Mayoral Committee of Cape Town.
