On Sept. 12th, the signing ceremony of the establishment of China Football Fund for International Exchange and Development was held in Beijing. Mme. Li Xiaolin, President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Mr. Yanshi Duo, the former full-time vice-chairman of the Chinese Football Association and Director of Management Committee of China Football Fund for International Exchange and Development, Mr. Shen Xin, Secretary-General of China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development (CFFPD), and Ms. Yang Nan, Chairwoman of Henan Football Development Foundation were present at the ceremony.

President Li Xiaolin said in her address, the Chinese central leadership including President Xi Jinping pay great attention to the Chinese football. He pointed out many times that the Chinese football should be developed. The development of the Chinese football is a systemic project, which not only requires the top design of central leadership, but also needs the wide participation of all circles of the society.  The CPAFFC needs to bring its specialties of possessing many foreign friends and channels, to do more work for the Chinese foot ball based on strategy of “inviting in and going out”. It is expected that China Football Fund for International Exchange and Development could play its unique role in pushing the Chinese football forward, and make its efforts for the earlier rise of the Chinese football.

China Football Fund for International Exchange and Development is initiated by China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development subordinated to the CPAFFC and Henan Football Development Foundation, aiming for utilizing the CPAFFC’s channels of foreign contact, to strengthen the exchanges and cooperation of the Chinese youth players and coaches with the advanced countries of football.    

At the ceremony.  Henan Football Development Foundation donated RMB 1.5 million as the initial fund to CFFPD.