Vice President Xie Yuan of CPAFFC met with Richard Daley, former mayor of Chicago, on October 24.

Vice President Xie Yuan greeted Mayor Daley with warm welcome, referred him an old friend of the Chinese people and commended his long-time contribution to the development of China-U.S. relations at all levels. Since the beginning of this year, national and sub-national leaders of the two countries have paid frequent visits to each other. Sub-national cooperation in particular has been the cornerstone of China-U.S. relations. He also hoped Mayor Daley pays more visits to China, making new contributions to China-U.S. sub-national exchanges and cooperation.

Mayor Daley attaches great importance to the U.S.-China relationship. He said that China is a huge market for the U.S., and practical cooperation at sub-national level will add continuous momentum to the development of U.S.-China relations.