On October 10th, Vice President Xie Yuan met with Premier Brian Gallant of New Brunswick, Canada and his delegation visiting China at the invitation of CPAFFC.

Vice President Xie welcomed Gallant for his first visit to China. He expessed that the exchange of visits between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has brought the bilateral relations to a new height. Mr.Xie introduced the CPAFFC was a national people’s organization engaged in people-to-people diplomacy, aiming to enhance people’s friendship, and further develop sub-national contacts with the rest of the world. CPAFFC was willing to actively promote and establish the mechanism of exchange and coorpation between the Chinese and Canadian leaders so as to promote mutually practical cooperation in the areas of culture, economy, trade, humanities, education, etc.

Gallant extended his appreciation for Vice President Xie’s warm reception and said through this visit he experienced the repaid economic development in China. He wished to further the exchange and cooperation in various fields between the two countries.

Executive Vice President Mr. Ye Changqing of Hebei Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries attended the meeting.