At the invitation of Mr. Mohammed Khalil, President of Morocco China Friendship and Exchanges Association (MCFEA), Mrs. Lin Yi, Vice President of the Chinese people's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC), led a 3-member delegation to Morocco from 21st to 24th, April 2016 to attend the First China-Morocco Friendship Forum, co-organized by the MCFEA and CPAFFC with the theme of "the Gorgeous Bloom for the Spring of the Silk Road in Morocco". Mr. Mustapha Khalfi, Minister of Communication and Spokesman of the government, Mr. Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training, Mr. Abdul Samid Sukel, Governor of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra Region, Mr. Mohammed Sadiq, Mayor of Rabat city, Mr. Mohamed Savyan, Mayor of Chefchaouen city, Mr. Mohamed Idamari, Vice Mayor of Tangier City, Mr. Sun Shuzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Morocco, Mr. Jiang Hong, Chairman of Shenyang Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC), Mrs. Zong Ming, Deputy Secretary General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Mr. Ping Xinguang, Vice Chairman of Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the CPPCC, Mrs. Hu Ying, Vice  President of Jilin Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Mrs. Chen Aizhen, Vice President of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and other delegates from local governments of China to attend the forum. About 150 participants from China and Morocco held discussions on promoting friendship city relationship during the forum. The local television and news media reported the activity. 

After the forum, Vice President Lin Yi met with Mr. Abdelaziz Omari, Mayor of Casablanca city and Minister for Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, Vice Governor Mr. Abdul Hamid Jamahri and Vice Governor Fouad Qadir of Casablanca region and Mr. Abdullah Muanasm, Secretary General of the region. She also attended Chinese Culture Week, organized by the Department of Literature and Humanities of Hassan II University and Confucius Institute in Morocco.