Vice President Xie Yuan met with Mr. Carlos Enciso Christiansen, the Governor of Florida Department of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and the Vice President of Congress of Uruguay Governors, on September 23th.

Vice President Xie Yuan welcomed Governor Carlos to visit China and introduced the function and the recent work of CPAFFC to them. Vice President Xie also invited representatives from Departments of Uruguay and Congress of Uruguay Governors to attend the First China-Latin America Local Governments Cooperation Forum which will be held by CPAFFC in November in China. Governor Carlos appreciated CPAFFC’s work and made a brief introduction about the development of Uruguay and Florida Department. He hoped that the Florida Department could strengthen the contact with CPAFFC so as to promote the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of economy, trade, animal husbandry, football and education and etc..

Mr. Ji Yongjun, Deputy Director-General of Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of CPAFFC, attended the meeting.