CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi met in Beijing with Mr. SATAKE NORIHISA, Governor of AKITA PROVINCE Prefecture, Japan， on October 13th. Vice President Lin Yi welcomed the delegation to visit China and admired its efforts and contributions made to improve local exchanges between China and Japan for a long time. Vice President Lin Yi introduced the measures made by CPAFFC about local exchanges between Chinese and foreign countries and hoped that the exchanges between AKITA PROVINCE Prefecture and other regions in China could achieve results so as to make contributions to enhancing mutual understandings between the two peoples.

SATAKE NORIHISA thanked Vice President Lin Yi for meeting them and introduced the exchanges and pragmatic cooperation between AKITA PROVINCE Prefecture and friendship cities in China, including Gansu Province, Tianjin, Shanghai and other cities. SATAKE NORIHISA expressed the appreciation for the assistance given by CPAFFC and CJFA. He said that they are willing to further improve the exchanges in various fields between AKITA PROVINCE Prefecture and China, and welcome more Chinese tourists to visit AKITA PROVINCE Prefecture.

Both sides also exchanged opinions on topics that concern them both such as strengthening the exchanges and cooperation in the fields of the local economy and culture between the two countries, and the development prospects of the economic cooperation in the Northeast Asia.