Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

The council meeting of China and Czech Friendship Association(CCFA) for re-election was held in the Peace Palace of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) on February 29. Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of the CPAFFC, Mme, Huo Yuzhen, the new President of the CCFA, Mme Qi Mei, Deputy Director-General of the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China attended the meeting and made speeches respectively.

Mr. Shen Xin, Deputy Director-General of the Department of European and Asian Affairs of the CPAFFC, hosted the meeting. Mr. Lv Hongwei, Secretary General of CCFA made a report on the work. More than 40 representatives were appointed as new council members of CCFA. They came from the fields of foreign affairs, economy, culture, academy, education, health and so on. Beijing Children’s Hospital, The China National Children's Center, China-Czech Friendship Farm, Liaoning People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries were elected as the council units of CCFA.

The new statute of the CCFA was passed and the new leading group led by President Huo Yuzhen was elected. She is Special Representative of Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries, and the former Chinese ambassador to Czech.