Mr. Wang Qinmin, Vice Chairman of National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met in the Great Hall of the People with Mme. Maria Vidal, Governor of Buenos Aires, Argentina at the invitation of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) on December, 4th.

Vice Chairman Wang Qinmin said that over the past 45 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Argentina, the two countries had been adhering to the principle of mutual respect, treatment each other as equal and win-win cooperation, so as to promote the stable and rapid development of the bilateral relations. The results of the exchanges and cooperation of the two countries in various fields achieved fruitful results, which are beneficial to the two peoples. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Argentina President Mauricio Macri held two meetings recently and reached important consensuses on strengthening the exchanges and cooperation between the countries in various fields, which pointed out the direction for China-Argentina relations. The exchanges and cooperation between the two local governments in the fields of trade, investment, humanity and culture have broad prospects with the development of the bilateral relations increasingly. CPAFFC would like to strengthen the exchanges and coordination with Buenos Aires to commonly push the local government exchanges and cooperation of the two countries.

Governor Maria Vidal of Buenos Aires thanked Vice Chairman Wang Qinmin for meeting them cordially. She expressed, the relations of the two countries are in the best period of the development in history. Argentina has the same goals with China in the sectors of poverty reduction, environmental protection and etc., and has the experience to share with China. As the largest province in Argentina, Buenos Aires will also cooperate with the relevant local governments in China to promote more cities of both sides to establish friendly cities and will develop pragmatic cooperation with the Chinese side in the fields of energy, environmental protection, education, sports, culture, food security and etc..

Mr. Hu Sishe, Vice President of CPAFFC, Mr. Diego Guelar, Argentina Ambassador to China and others, attended the meeting.