At the invitation of CPAFFC, Dr. Khammany Inthirath, President of Lao-Chinese Friendship Association and Minister of Energy and Resources headed a delegation visited Beijing and Guangdong from July 15 to19.

During the visit in Beijing, Mme. Gu Xiulian, President of China-ASEAN Association and Mr. Wu Tao, President of Chinese-Lao Friendship Association met with the delegation. Mr. Wu Tao and Dr. Khammany Inthirath also signed the MOU for the next five years' cooperation between the two associations. During the visit in Guangdong, Mr. Ouyang Weimin, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province met the delegation.

The visit further enhanced the cooperation of energy, resources and new technology under the framework of "the Belt and Road" by visiting Norinco International, CGGC, Huizhou Water Storage Power Station of China Southern Power Grid, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd (GAC Group) and Jiaduxintai Technology Co., Ltd.