On May 20th , Vice President Li Jianping met with Mme. Carolina Tengrootenhuysen, Vice Chairwoman of Belgium-China Association, who was visiting China at CPAFFC’s  invitation.

Vice President Li welcomed Mme. Carolina Tengrootenhuysen and her sister Mme. Anna Tengrootenhuysen to visit China on behalf of Belgium-China Association and to attend commemorative events marking 60th anniversary of establishment of CPAFFC. He congratulated Mme. Carolina Tengrootenhuysen on her conferring the Cultural Exchange Contribution Award, which was issued by the Chinese government and presented by Vice Premier Liu Yandong. He also spoke highly of their continuous efforts in last more than 30 years on promoting the mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and Belgian people. He said, the CPAFFC would like to work with Belgium-China Association, to constantly promote the friendly cooperation in fields of local governments, humanities and youth exchanges of the two countries.

Mme. Carolina Tengrootenhuysen thanked CPAFFC for its invitation, and formally invites the CPAFFC to dispatch a delegation to visit Belgium in the near future.

H.E. Mr. Michel Malherbe, Belgian Ambassador to China was present at the meeting.