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The Plan on the State Council Institutional Reform and Transformation of Government Functions
根据《国务院行政机构设置和编制管理条例》,国务院行政机构根据职能分为国务院办公厅、国务院组成部门、国务院直属机构、国务院办事机构、国务院组成部门管理的国家行政机构和国务院议事协调机构。 负责协助国务院领导处理国务院日常工作的国务院办公厅(General Office of the State Council),自然保留不变。而依法分别履行国务院基本的行政管理职能的国务院组成部门,面临国家新的历史发展阶段,各部、各委员会、审计署这次均进行了较大的调整。 部(Ministry) 值得注意的是,只有国务院组成部门中的机构才能称之为部(ministry),属于正部级,是在特定的某一方面履行行政管理职能,比如教育部。 本次国务院机构调整之后,有六个部是重新组建或者新增的,分别为: 自然资源部(Ministry of Natural Resources) 生态环境部(Ministry of Ecological Environment) 农业农村部(Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs) 文化和旅游部(Ministry of Culture and Tourism) 退役军人事务部(Ministry of Veterans Affairs) 应急管理部(Ministry of Emergency Management) 委(Commission) 部之外,同属于正部级的还有委员会(commission)。相对于部来说,委员会(commission)有一定的综合性,通常处理的事务比较多。 本次国务院机构调整之后,保留了两个委员会,分别是: 国家发展改革委(National Development and Reform Commission) 国家民族事务委员会(State Ethnic Affairs Commission) 通过职能整合新建一个委员会,即是: 国家卫生健康委员会(National Health Commission) 局(Administration) 以上是国务院组成部门。在国务院的直属机构中,局(administration)这个称呼经常出现:除海关总署和国务院参事室外,国务院其它直属机构的名称均为“国家XX(总)局”。 根据《国务院行政机构设置和编制管理条例》,国务院直属机构主管国务院的某项专门业务,相对于国务院组成部门而言,具有独立的行政管理职能。国务院所属机构的调整和设置,不是由人大,而是将由新组成的国务院审查批准。 但是,直属机构中的总局、总署具有和组成部门的部委一样的正部级级别,而局次之,属于副部级机构。 此次调整,整合职责组建了六个局: 国家市场监督管理总局(state market regulatory administration) 国家广播电视总局 (state radio and television administration) 国家医疗保障局 state medical insurance administration; 国家粮食和物资储备局 state grain and reserves administration; 国家移民管理局 state immigration administration; 国家林业和草原局 state administration of forestry and grassland. 办公室 (Office) 而办(Office)更多指的是协助国务院总理办理专门事项的国务院办事机构,它不具有独立的行政管理职能。目前,除国务院研究室外,其它办事机构的名称均是“国务院XX办公室”。 当然,负责协助国务院领导处理国务院日常工作的国务院办公厅,虽然也叫办,性质和职责却不一样,英文翻译起来也不一样。细心的读者不妨留意一下,国务院办公厅的英文叫什么? 改革后国务院设置组成部门 (根据第十三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议审议的《国务院关于提请审议国务院机构改革方案》的议案) 1、外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2、国防部 Ministry of National Defense 3、国家发展和改革委员会 National Development and Reform Commission 4、教育部 Ministry of Education 5、科学技术部 Ministry of Science and Technology 6、工业和信息化部 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 7、国家民族事务委员会 State Ethnic Affairs Commission 8、公安部 Ministry of Public Security 9、国家安全部 Ministry of State Security 10、民政部 Ministry of Civil Affairs 11、司法部 Ministry of Justice 12、财政部 Ministry of Finance 13、人力资源和社会保障部 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security 14、自然资源部 Ministry of Natural Resources 15、生态环境部 Ministry of Ecological Environment 16、住房和城乡建设部 Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development 17、交通运输部 Ministry of Transport 18、水利部 Ministry of Water Resources 19、农业农村部 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 20、商务部 Ministry of Commerce 21、文化和旅游部 Ministry of Culture and Tourism 22、国家卫生健康委员会 National Health Commission 23、退役军人事务部 Ministry of Veterans Affairs 24、应急管理部 Ministry of Emergency Management 25、中国人民银行 People's Bank of China 26、审计署 National Audit Office (根据国务院组织法规定,国务院组成部门的调整和设置,提请全国人民代表大会审议批准。) 具体调整情况如下: 国务院组成部门调整 1、 组建自然资源部。不再保留国土资源部、国家海洋局、国家测绘地理信息局。 2、 组建生态环境部。不再保留环境保护部。 3、 组建农业农村部。不再保留农业部。 4、 组建文化和旅游部。不再保留文化部、国家旅游局。 5、 组建国家卫生健康委员会。不再保留国家卫生和计划生育委员会。不再设立国务院深化医药卫生体制改革领导小组办公室。 6、 组建退役军人事务部。 7、 组建应急管理部。不再保留国家安全生产监督管理总局。 8、 重新组建科学技术部。 9、 重新组建司法部。不再保留国务院法制办公室。 10、 优化水利部职责。不再保留国务院三峡工程建设委员会及其办公室、国务院南水北调工程建设委员会及其办公室。 11、 优化审计署职责。不再设立国有重点大型企业监事会。 12、 监察部并入新组建的国家监察委员会。不再保留监察部、国家预防腐败局。 国务院其他机构调整 1、 组建国家市场监督管理总局。不再保留国家工商行政管理总局、国家质量监督检验检疫总局、国家食品药品监督管理总局。 2、 组建国家广播电视总局。不再保留国家新闻出版广电总局。 3、组建中国银行保险监督管理委员会。不再保留中国银行业监督管理委员会、中国保险监督管理委员会。 4、 组建国家国际发展合作署。 5、 组建国家医疗保障局。 6、 组建国家粮食和物资储备局。不再保留国家粮食局。 7、 组建国家移民管理局。 8、 组建国家林业和草原局。不再保留国家林业局。 9、 重新组建国家知识产权局。 10、 调整全国社会保障基金理事会隶属关系。 11、 改革国税地税征管体制。将省级和省级以下国税地税机构合并。 国务院组成部门以外的国务院所属机构的调整和设置,将由新组成的国务院审查批准。     
2018-05-29
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Joint Communique of the Leaders Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
1. We, President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China, President Mauricio Macri of the Republic of Argentina, President Alexander Lukashenko of the Republic of Belarus, President Michelle Bachelet Jeria of the Republic of Chile, President Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic, President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya, President Almazbek Atambayev of the Kyrgyz Republic, President Bounnhang Vorachith of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte of the Republic of the Philippines, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, President Doris Leuthard of the Swiss Confederation, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an of the Republic of Turkey, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan, President Tran Dai Quang of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama of the Republic of Fiji, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of the Hellenic Republic, Prime Minister Orbán Viktor of Hungary, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of the Italian Republic, Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, Prime Minister Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat of Mongolia, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of the Republic of the union of Myanmar, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Prime Minister Beata Szyd?o of the Republic of Poland, Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vu?i? of the Republic of Serbia, President of the Government Mariano Rajoy Brey of the Kingdom of Spain, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, attended the Leaders Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on 15 May 2017 in Beijing. We also welcome the participation of Secretary General Antonio Guterres of the United Nations, President Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank Group, Managing Director Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund. The Leaders Roundtable was chaired by President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China. General Context 2. We are mindful that the world economy is undergoing profound changes, presenting both opportunities and challenges. This is an era of opportunity, where countries continue to aspire for peace, development and cooperation. The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the set of Sustainable Development Goals at its core provides a new blueprint of international cooperation. 3. In this context, we welcome bilateral, triangular, regional and multilateral cooperation where countries place emphasis on eradicating poverty, creating jobs, addressing the consequences of international financial crises, promoting sustainable development, and advancing market-based industrial transformation and economic diversification. We note with appreciation that various development strategies and connectivity cooperation initiatives have been put forward, providing broad space for strengthening international cooperation. 4. We further recognize the challenges that the world economy faces. While it is currently experiencing modest recovery, downside risks remain. The growth of global trade and investment remains tempered, and the rules-based multilateral trading regime is yet to be strengthened. All countries, especially developing ones, still face common challenges of eradicating poverty, promoting inclusive and sustained economic growth, and achieving sustainable development. 5. Noting that the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (The Belt and Road Initiative) can create opportunities amidst challenges and changes, we welcome and support the Belt and Road Initiative to enhance connectivity between Asia and Europe, which is also open to other regions such as Africa and South America. By providing important opportunities for countries to deepen cooperation, it has achieved positive outcomes and has future potential to deliver more benefits as an important international initiative. 6. We also emphasize the opportunities which can be created by communication and coordination among other global, regional and national frameworks and initiatives for promoting cooperation in connectivity and sustainable development, such as 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Agenda 2063 of the African Union, Ancient Civilizations Forum, APEC Connectivity Blueprint, ASEAN Community Vision 2025, Asia-Europe Meeting and its group on path-finder of connectivity, Caravanserai Customs Initiative, China and Central and Eastern European Countries Cooperation, China-Europe Land-Sea Express Route, East-West Middle Corridor Initiative, EU-China Connectivity Platform, EU Eastern Partnership, Eurasian partnership based on the principles of equality, openness and transparency, Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America, Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025, Main Directions for Economic Development of the Eurasian Economic union until 2030, Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Trans-European Transport Networks, Western Balkans 6 Connectivity Agenda, WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. 7. We reaffirm our shared commitment to build open economy, ensure free and inclusive trade, oppose all forms of protectionism including in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. We endeavor to promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system with WTO at its core. Cooperation Objectives 8. We stand for enhancing international cooperation including the Belt and Road Initiative and various development strategies, by building closer collaboration partnerships, which include advancing North-South, South-South, and triangular cooperation. 9. We reiterate the importance of expanding economic growth, trade and investment based on level-playing field, on market rules and on universally recognized international norms. We welcome the promotion of industrial cooperation, scientific and technological innovation, and regional economic cooperation and integration so as to increase, inter alia, the integration and participation of micro, small and medium enterprises in global value chains. Attention should be paid to tax and fiscal policies, prioritizing growth and productive investment. 10. We stand for strengthening physical, institutional and people-to-people connectivity among all countries. The least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing states and middle-income countries deserve special attention to remove bottlenecks of development and achieve effective connectivity. 11. We endeavor to expand people-to-people exchanges, promote peace, justice, social cohesion, inclusiveness, democracy, good governance, the rule of law, human rights, gender equality and women empowerment; work together to fight against corruption and bribery in all their forms; to be more responsive to all the needs of those in vulnerable situations such as, children, persons with disabilities and older persons; and help improve global economic governance, and ensure equal access by all to development opportunities and benefits. 12. We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through taking urgent action on climate change and encouraging all parties which have ratified it to fully implement the Paris Agreement, managing the natural resources in an equitable and sustainable manner, conserving and sustainably using oceans and seas, freshwater resources, as well as forests, mountains and drylands, protecting biodiversity, ecosystems and wildlife, combating desertification and land degradation so as to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions in a balanced and integrated manner. 13. We encourage the involvement of governments, international and regional organizations, the private sector, civil society and citizens in fostering and promoting friendship, mutual understanding and trust. Cooperation Principles 14. We uphold the spirit of peace, cooperation, openness, transparency, inclusiveness, equality, mutual learning, mutual benefit and mutual respect by strengthening cooperation on the basis of extensive consultation and the rule of law, joint efforts, shared benefits and equal opportunities for all. In this context we highlight the following principles guiding our cooperation, in accordance with our respective national laws and policies: a) Consultation on an equal footing: Honoring the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law including respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries; formulating cooperation plans and advancing cooperation projects through consultation. b) Mutual benefit: Seeking convergence of interests and the broadest common ground for cooperation, taking into account the perspectives of different stakeholders. c) Harmony and inclusiveness: Acknowledging the natural and cultural diversity of the world and recognizing that all cultures and civilizations can contribute to sustainable development. d) Market-based operation: Recognizing the role of the market and that of business as key players, while ensuring that the government performs its proper role and highlighting the importance of open, transparent, and non-discriminatory procurement procedures. e) Balance and sustainability: Emphasizing the importance of economic, social, fiscal, financial and environmental sustainability of projects, and of promoting high environmental standards, while striking a good balance among economic growth, social progress and environmental protection. Cooperation Measures 15. We affirm the need to prioritize policy consultation, trade promotion, infrastructure connectivity, financial cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, and we highlight concrete actions, in accordance with our national laws and regulations and international obligations where applicable, such as: a) Pursuing dialogue and consultation in order to build synergies in development strategies among participating countries, noting the efforts to strengthen cooperation in coordinating development of the Belt and Road Initiative with other plans and initiatives as mentioned in Paragraph 6 and to promote partnerships among Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and other regions. b) Conducting in-depth consultation on macroeconomic issues by optimizing the existing multilateral and bilateral cooperation and dialogue mechanisms, so as to provide robust policy support for practical cooperation and the implementation of major projects. c) Strengthening cooperation on innovation, by supporting innovation action plans for e-commerce, digital economy, smart cities and science and technology parks, and by encouraging greater exchanges on innovation and business startup models in the Internet age in respect of intellectual property rights. d) Promoting practical cooperation on roads, railways, ports, maritime and inland water transport, aviation, energy pipelines, electricity, fiber optic including trans-oceanic cable, telecommunications and information and communication technology, and welcoming the development of interconnected multimodal corridors, such us a new Eurasian Land Bridge, Northern Sea Route, the East-West Middle Corridor etc., and major trunk lines to put in place an international infrastructure network over time. e) Maximizing synergies in infrastructure planning and development by taking into account international standards where applicable, and by aiming at harmonizing rules and technological standards when necessary; fostering a favorable environment and predictability for infrastructure investment by private capital; promoting public-private partnership in areas that create more jobs and generate greater efficiency; welcoming international financial institutions to increase support and investment for infrastructure development. f) Deepening economic and trade cooperation; upholding the authority and effectiveness of the multilateral trading system, and working together to achieve positive outcomes at the 11th WTO ministerial conference; promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation; enabling the general public to benefit from trade. g) Expanding trade by nurturing new areas of trade growth, promoting trade balance and promoting e-commerce and digital economy, welcoming the development of free trade areas and signing of free trade agreements by interested countries. h) Advancing global value chains development and supply chain connectivity, while ensuring safer work places and strengthening social protection systems; increasing two-way investment, and enhancing cooperation in emerging industries, trade and industrial parks and cross-border economic zones. i) Enhancing cooperation in ensuring the protection of the environment, of bio-diversity and of natural resources, in addressing the adverse impacts of climate change, in promoting resilience and disaster-risk reduction and management, and in advancing renewable energy and energy efficiency. j) Regarding the process of customs clearance, strengthening cooperation on information exchange and on developing mutual recognition of control, mutual assistance of enforcement, and mutual sharing of information; enhancing customs cooperation with a view to facilitating trade including by harmonizing procedures and reducing costs, and in this regard, strengthening cooperation in protecting intellectual property rights. k) Jointly working on a long-term, stable and sustainable financing system; enhancing financial infrastructure connectivity, by exploring new models and platforms of investment and financing and improving financial services; assessing the opportunity to better serve local financial market; and encouraging development-oriented financial institutions to play an active role and strengthen cooperation with multilateral development institutions. l) Contributing to a stable and equitable international financial system; promoting openness and connectivity among financial markets, including through mutual cooperation on payment systems and the promotion of financial inclusion; encouraging financial institutions to establish commercial presence in relevant countries and regions; promoting bilateral local currency settlement and cooperation agreements, and facilitating the development of local currency bonds and stock markets; encouraging dialogues to enhance financial cooperation and fend off financial risks. m) Promoting people-to-people exchanges and bonds by deepening practical cooperation on education, science, technology, sport, health, think-tank, media, capacity building including through internships. n) Encouraging dialogues among civilizations, cultural exchanges, promoting tourism and protecting the world's cultural and natural heritage. Our Vision for the Future 16. Our joint endeavor on the Belt and Road Initiative and seeking complementarities with other connectivity initiatives provide new opportunities and impetus for international cooperation. It helps to work for a globalization that is open, inclusive and beneficial to all. 17. We reiterate that promoting peace, mutually-beneficial cooperation, and honoring the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law are our shared responsibilities; achieving inclusive and sustainable growth and development, and improving people's quality of life are our common goals; creating a prosperous and peaceful community with shared future for mankind is our common aspiration. 18. We congratulate China on successfully hosting the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.   Source:  Minisry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
2017-05-16
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal-Salote Pilolevu Tuita Speech
- 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES Your Excellency, President Xi Jinping, Honorable Members from the People’s Republic of China, Madame Li Xiaolin And the Members of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries,  Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is indeed an honor for the Pacific delegation and I, to be invited and to participate in celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. I have been given the privilege of representing the Pacific island nations as a guest of the Association, and to address you here today. This wonderful tradition of people to people’s relationship, fostering peace, harmony, goodwill and equality, together with enhancing friendship, is the foundation and the core of this Association.  The vision of the forefathers and Leaders of this country, in creating and supporting this principle, has brought all of us here today regardless of how big or small your country maybe, in itself, it promotes harmony and peaceful coexistence. Today, there is some tension in certain parts of the Pacific Ocean and I would like to draw your attention to this, so that you and I together, can support a peaceful solution to eliminate these tensions. In the past, there have been many unfortunate events in the Pacific Ocean but today, we hope that the Chinese Friendship Association’s philosophy, belief and acting on this belief, will be the solution that will help us to support a peaceful and friendly process in reducing these tensions and solving the conflicts, because friendship has no boundaries.  Ferdinand Magellan named the biggest Ocean in the world – Pacific, meaning Peaceful because of the calm waters, and Captain James Cook named the Kingdom of Tonga the Friendly Islands because he found the people to be friendly.  My experience with my relationship with the people of China has been both peaceful and friendly. The People’s Republic of China, has initiated and maintained a mutual friendship, mutual cooperation, mutual trust and equality to all Sovereign Nations and has provided support in so many areas including culture, industry, education, health, information and technology to the Pacific Region.  Credit must be given to the Leadership of Madame Li Xiaolin and the Association for the role it has played in developing the relationship between countries in the Region and the People’s Republic of China. For that, I extend my most sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks to Madame Li Xiaolin and the Association. The long term support and dedication given by China to the Region has grown from strength to strength to which we are all grateful for, it has been done based on people to people’s relationship, mutual respect for each other and this has been my experience with my friends in China. I anticipate that the Conference will be successful over the next few days and I truly believe that this will be an event that will continue for years to come and we look forward and will be honored to participate as a family member of the Association. May the spirit of friendship and peace be amongst all now and forever.
2014-05-15
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Speech at the China International Conference in Commemoration of 60th Anniversary of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries By Mr. Gian Franco Terenzi
May 15, 2014 Former Captains Regent of San Marino, President of San Marino-China Friendship Association Your Excellency President Xi Jinping, It is my great honor to be invited to the China International Conference in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) today, which indicates that CPAFFC fully recognizes the importance of the work done by San Marino-China Friendship Association (SCFA). I have the privilege of being the President of the SCFA for up to 26 years. During these years, the SCFA has actively carried out many activities to promote the understanding of Chinese culture among people in San Marino, including hosting Chinese painting and art craft exhibitions, Chinese folk song and traditional dance performances, as well as Chinese delicacies display. We have sent several delegations to China to meet with Chinese entrepreneurs and people from all walks of life. We have also received many Chinese delegations from different provinces and cities. Among these Chinese delegations, I have to make a special note of President Xi’s visit in 2003 at my invitation. It was such a great honor for us to receive President Xi in San Marino. We still vividly remember that visit which has further promoted our friendship. My first contact with China can be traced back to 1988 when I made my first visit to China as Captains Regent of San Marino at the invitation of then Chinese President Li Xiannian. At the welcome banquet, President Li stressed that all countries, big or small, should be equal, which impressed me so much. I beard his words in mind and started an idea of setting up a China-friendly organization. Right after my visit, I actively promoted the founding of the SCFA and have held the position as its President ever after. In the past 26 years, the SCFA has stood the test of the ever-changing international and Sino-European situation, resolutely supported Chinese people as always and remained as a reliable mainstream China-friendly force in Europe. We always hold the view that Taiwan is forever an inseparable part of China''s territory, support China’s fundamental policy of “peaceful reunification and one country, two systems”, and strongly oppose all kinds of separatism. In 2005, I made positive efforts to convince the people of all circles in San Marino, and successfully rejected the Dalai Lama''s attempt to visit San Marino when he was already in Europe.  I’ve also promoted an initiative to issue stamps commemorating the 55th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and the 50th anniversary of the CPAFFC. San Marino, the microstate far away in Europe, has set precedents one after another for China, for the Chinese people, and for our friendship. It was my great pleasure to invite a CPAFFC delegation led by President Li Xiaolin to visit San Marino in September 2013. All delegation members were deeply touched by the hospitality and friendship of our local people. They enjoyed a pleasant and memorable stay in San Marino. Since my first visit in 1988, I’ve been to China for more than 40 times. My deep and sincere friendship to China and the Chinese people has never stopped. To me, China is my second home.
2014-05-15
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Address by Dr. Jean Ping Former President of the African Commission
At the China International Friendship Conference in Commemoration of the 60 Anniversary of the CPAFFC Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is indeed a special honor for me to be invited to this highly significant 60th anniversary of the establishment of the CPAFFC. Allow me to take this opportunity to pay tribute to China for its paramount contribution to world civilization and for developing deep roots of solidarity and friendship amongst nations. During the past sixty years China has taken a giant step forward on the world scene. Indeed China represents today the most impressive case of economic catching up process in history. In only a few decades it has evolved from a poor developing Third World country to a major Super Power with a dominant global economy in the 21st century. This celebration enables us to take stock of our glorious past and present and to help pave the way forward. I should like to recall that we both come from vast and ancient continents. We in Africa have the fossils of Lucy and you have the Peking Man. We have the Pyramids and the Pharaohs; you have the Great Wall of China, and the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. We both have ancient traditions and customs. We share some common values—we believe in hospitality, community responsibility, well-being, friendship and solidarity. We both have enormous economic potentials. We Africans never forget that in 1955 our two continents— Africa and Asia came together and convened the Bandung Conference in Indonesia, which laid the foundation for decolonization and our political independence and for strengthening the role of Afro-Asian solidarity. Eight years later in 1963 our two continents were extremely active with China in setting up the Group of ’77 (G-77) aimed at defending collective economic interests of the Third World. A year later China’s Prime Minister Zhou Enlai made his historical visit to Africa. In 1974 the G-77 secured the adoption by the United Nations of a Declaration calling for a New International Economic Order (NIEO). This Order aimed notably to stabilize and raise the prices of the commodities that G-77 members relied on to earn foreign exchange and to overcome the deterioration of their terms of trade. Today China has become the main source of capital flow in the world and the first source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa. It is also our first commercial partner. Furthermore for the first time in the history of international trade, the long occurring deterioration of the terms of trade which constituted the main claim of the G-77 has now been drastically improved and even reversed. The price of raw materials, which was constantly dropping, increased dramatically thanks to China’s high demand. Moreover, your country has become the cradle for manufactured low cost goods. What seemed impossible to achieve in spite of decades of UN and UNCTAD conferences has now been suddenly accomplished. Africa is now growing rapidly with an average rate of growth of almost 6% with some countries reaching two figure rates of growth. China has an instrumental role to play in improving the present economic order. This year, 50 years after Zhou Enlai’s historical visit to Africa, the Prime Minister Li Keqiang has just finished his touring of Africa. Intercultural dialogue has become a prerequisite for peace at local, national and international levels. May China and Africa join forces for fostering and securing such dialogue, and for ensuring fair trade and sustainable development which will greatly enable us to live together in peace, in friendship and in dignity. Long life. Thank you for your kind attention.
2014-05-15
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Speech by Mr. Christopher Nixon Cox
May 15th, 2014 It is a great honor for me to be here with you today in Beijing, in the Great Hall of the People, to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Since it was founded sixty years ago this month, the Association has played an important part in the way China looks at the world --- and the way the world looks at China. My grandfather, President Nixon, looked at China in a totally new way.  When he came here for the first time, forty-two years ago in February 1972, his meetings with Chairman Mao Zedong, and his discussions with Premier Zhou Enlai, ended a quarter century of separation between our two great nations.  His travels during those seven days in Beijing and Hangchow and Shanghai, represented a dramatic end to the unhappy era during which relations between China and America were unfriendly and frozen. On his last day in China, he called his visit “the week that changed the world.”  And over the last four decades and more, the world has confirmed that assessment. When there are hard times and rough patches ---as there inevitably will be between even the closest of friends--- it is important to be reminded of the underlying interests, and the common goals of peace and stability and prosperity, that can overcome particular problems and that will outlast temporary differences. For six decades now, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries has played an important role in bringing the people of China together with the people of the world.  The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Richard Nixon Foundation have had a particularly close and fruitful relationship --- beginning with the memorable programs celebrating the internationally famous “ping pong diplomacy” that were held at the Nixon Library in California.   Under Mme. Li’s leadership, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries has become admired and respected all around the world --- and especially in Yorba Linda, California. I’m especially pleased that in July, the Association and the Nixon Foundation will be bringing together outstanding young American and Chinese students and entrepreneurs for two days of meetings and discussions at the Nixon Library. I know that that great work will continue, and I hope that it will be possible to have even more people to people contacts between Americans and Chinese in the years ahead.  My grandfather used to tell me how important it was to understand the differences between tactics and strategy.  He said that it was important not to view the world in terms of short term diplomatic battles and decisions, but to look for the great forces that really move the world. President Nixon died twenty years ago last month.  He lived to see China reemerge as the great and powerful nation he knew it could become.  And he believed deeply in the importance of the deep friendship between America and China which benefited greatly two nations in the cold war era. I believe, it is that same deep friendship based on  understanding and respecting the interests we have and the ties we share constitutes the very foundation for building a new type of bilateral relations between the two greatest powers of this century. Thanks to the work of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, our bonds are stronger and our friendship is deeper still.  Fēicháng xièxie (FAY CHONG SHEY/SHEY-EH) ----- thank you very much.
2014-05-15
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Remarks at the China International Friendship Conference in Commemoration of 60th Anniversary of CPAFFC by Yukio Hatoyama
May 15, 2014 Yukio Hatoyama Former Prime Minister of Japan Today, witnessed by The Honourable President Xi Jinping and many other disguished friends from all over the world, the Chinese People''''s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries is celebrating its 60th birthday. I’d like to express my sincere congratulations on the occasion. Meanwhile, as a member of the Japanese delegation invited to the event, I take it as a great honor to have the opportunity to speak in front of the most influential and eminent people in this house. The 20th century was an era troubled by wars and conflicts, when world wars came up in swift intervals. In the turbulent whirlpool of history, Japan caused immense pain to the Chinese people. Japan has expressed deep remorse for this and determined to become a nation that will never involve itself again into any warfare. This is a determination to which we should commit forever. Unfortunately, the world is still far from carefree of disputes and conflicts. We find disputes continue in numerous parts of the world, and the use of brutal force will get us nowhere near the fundamental settlement of these hostile disagreements. We must start from the treatment of hearts and minds to fundamentally solve the disputes. I firmly believe that “Friendship”, advocated by Count Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi of Austria and my grandfather Ichiro Hatoyama, is the only proper idea to cure the current political chaos. The friendship means to respect one’s own dignity and freedom and that of the others. This idea should apply to not only interpersonal relationships, but also state-to-state relations, and even the communication between man and nature. We should not be opinionated, yet instead, we need to listen to each other, try to understand and trust each other, and always be ready to help. Today, I think I stand and speak on behalf of Asia, and then to act as a representative of Asia, I believe that the realization of the idea of fraternity means to establish an integrated east Asian community. Now that Europe has built the European Union, and however, I reckon there is little reason to prevent us from making a united Asia. If the Asian countries strengthen cooperation in areas of education, culture, environment, health care, and social security besides their close economic partnerships maintained in trade and finance, and enhance a sense of community, then Asia will undoubtedly make far more significant contribution to world peace and development. Thus, in this regard, President Li Xiaolin together with members of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and by now the friendly cooperative relationships established with friends all over the world in various fields, have all greatly contributed to world peace and development. We sincerely welcome that China, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, is now playing an important role in regional and global affairs as a responsible great country. Recently, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures (CICA) of Asia will be held, and will discuss the new Asian security concept, which coincides with my idea of the establishment of an integrated east Asian community. I highly appreciate it. Today’s Asia moves on the path of development and prosperity in twists and turns, thanks to the tremendous post-war hard works by our great predecessors. In order to maintain sustainable and stable order in East Asia region, we must follow the footsteps of our ancestors and make more efforts. Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, with efforts of our friends of the Chinese People''''s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, I believe that in the near future, we will meet on the day with both flourishing plum and cherry blossoms. 60 years equals a complete cycle of Chinese traditional calendar. Here, I would like to wish Chinese People''''s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, an organization steadily growing to maturity, in view of new goals and determination, a greater development.
2014-05-15
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Build on Past Achievements to Write a New Chapter in the Cause of People-to-people Diplomacy
  --Speech by Madam Li Xiaolin President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries At the China International Friendship Conference In Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the CPAFFC   May 15, 2014 Your Excellency President Xi Jinping, Distinguished guests from home and abroad, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, Today we are gathered here at this grand China International Friendship Conference to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC). We are deeply honored to have with us His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, who will deliver a keynote speech in a few minutes. On behalf of the CPAFFC, I wish to pay high tribute to President Xi and other leaders attending the Conference. I would also like to express our warm welcome to all foreign friends coming from afar and hearty gratitude to people from all walks of life who have long supported our work.  The CPAFFC was established in May 1954. Its predecessor, the Chinese People’s Committee for World Peace, started to conduct people-to-people diplomacy as an important part of China’s overall diplomatic efforts even before the founding of People’s Republic of China. During the Yan’an period, the older generation of revolutionaries including Chairman Mao Zedong seized every opportunity to make international friends to win sympathy and support for the Chinese people’s cause of national liberation. In 1936, after an exclusive interview with Chairman Mao, American journalist Edgar Snow wrote the book Red Star Over China. The book presented to world the Communist Party of China and the revolutionary cause under its leadership, and created a big stir in the world. Canadian doctor Norman Bethune and Indian doctor Kwarkanath S. Kotnis travelled thousands of miles to China to help the Chinese people in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and laid down their lives on this vast land. Their sacrifice composed an immortal paean of upholding justice and internationalism.   In the early years of New China, a pressing diplomatic task for the country was to oppose war, advocate peace and break Western countries’ blockade. The CPAFFC, since its founding, regards conducting people-to-people diplomacy and making friends for the country as its mission, and has made unremitting efforts to present China and win friendship. To celebrate the opening of the Helsinki World Peace Congress in 1955, the CPAFFC invited 14 renowned Chinese calligraphers and painters including Master Qi Baishi to jointly produce a huge traditional Chinese painting “Ode to Peace”, which expressed the ardent wish of Chinese people for peace and their opposition to war. People-to-people diplomacy has played a unique pioneering and facilitating role when diplomatic relations are absent or run into trouble. In 1971, Chairman Mao invited a U.S. table tennis delegation to China, which riveted the attention of the world and played an important role in opening the door of China-US relations. It was branded by media organizations as “ping-pong diplomacy” in which the small ping-pong ball affected the whole globe. In 1973, with the personal attention of Premier Zhou Enlai, Tianjin of China and Kobe of Japan forged the first international sister-city relationship in China, extending people-to-people diplomacy to the sub-national level. Since the launch of reform and opening-up, successive Party and State leaders including Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao have all valued and supported people-to-people diplomacy. President Xi, in particular, has placed high importance on people-to-people diplomacy by taking time to attend various CPAFFC activities and has given us huge support and encouragement. As a major player in people-to-people diplomacy, the CPAFFC has played an active role in China’s reform and opening-up, economic development and the great cause of peaceful reunification. It has constantly broadened its work fields and innovated working methods, and achieved fruitful results. Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, The past six decades have witnessed our endeavor in enhancing understanding and friendship. In the past 60 years, the CPAFFC has set up friendship associations with 46 regions and countries and established relationship of friendly cooperation with more than 500 non-governmental organizations and institutions in 157 countries, thus laying a solid social foundation for the normal state-to-state relations between China and other countries. Among the friends of CPAFFC, regardless of their social status, age and residence, their friendship and goodwill toward the Chinese people have never changed, and their support and assistance to China have never ceased. Sitting in the audience today are many such good and old friends. The Chinese people will always remember you. The past six decades have witnessed our endeavor in promoting exchanges and cooperation. Entrusted by the Chinese government, the CPAFFC is responsible for coordinating and managing sister-city affairs. Thanks to more than 40 years of efforts, China has forged 2,106 pairs of sister-province/state and sister-city relations with 133 countries. In addition, we have established a number of bilateral and multilateral platforms for local government dialogue and exchanges, including China International Friendship Cities Conference, China-US Governors Forum, Forum for Local Leaders of Yangtze River Region of China and Volga Federal District of Russia, China-Japan Governors Forum, High Level China-France Forum on Local Government Cooperation, Forum on China-Africa Local Government Cooperation and BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Governments Cooperation Forum. The past six decades have witnessed our endeavor in promoting world peace and development. In its modern history, China has suffered greatly from foreign aggression, war and turmoil. Therefore, the Chinese people are resolute in their resolve and determination to follow a path of peaceful development. The CPAFFC is an active advocate of peace and opponent of war. In 1986, the CPAFFC held the Chinese People’s Rally for World Peace and organized the torch-lighting ceremony for the First Earth Run at the Tian’anmen Square. In 2005, to mark the 60th anniversary of the victory of the world’s anti-fascist war, the CPAFFC invited more than 200 veterans and their relatives from 22 countries to China for the commemorative activities to review history, draw lessons for the future, and call on the world to jointly uphold the victory of the war against fascism. Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, As we take stock of our achievements in the past six decades, we will never forget the personal care of Party and state leaders, the strong support from friendship organizations and individuals in other countries, and the hard work of our colleagues in 315 local friendship associations across China. At this moment, I’d like to acknowledge with sincere respect those who made outstanding contributions to the cause of people-to-people diplomacy, the CPAFFC Honorary Presidents Madam Soong Ching-Ling and Deng Yingchao, Chairman Guo Moruo of the Chinese People’s Committee for World Peace, and the CPAFFC former Presidents Chu Tunan, Wang Guoquan, Chai Zemin, Wang Bingnan, Zhang Wenjin, Han Xu, Qi Huaiyuan, and Chen Haosu, for their persistent efforts in the development of the Association. Sixty years is a milestone as well as a new starting point. At present, the Chinese people are working hard for the “Chinese Dream” put forward by President Xi Jinping featuring great national renewal, economic prosperity and happiness of the people. The Chinese Dream is consistent with the world’s dream of promoting peace and well-being of all mankind. The realization of the Chinese Dream needs the understanding and support of people of all countries, and the extensive exchanges and cooperation between China and the rest of the world. In the new historical era, we will continue to hold high the banner of "friendship, peace, cooperation and development", continue to innovate the content and methods of our work, play a leading role in promoting people-to-people diplomacy and a key role in public diplomacy, serve as a bridge for local government cooperation between China and other countries, and make new contribution to the great renewal of the Chinese nation, to world peace and development, and to the worthy cause of people-to-people friendship! Thank you! 
2014-05-15
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Congratulatory Letter to China-U.S. Sister Cities Conference from U.S. President Obama
 
2014-04-04
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Letter of Thanks by 2013 CAYCEF Participants
【Note: The CPAFFC and the China National Committee for the Care of Children (CNCCC) hosted the 1st China-ASEAN Youth Cultural Exchange Festival (CAYCEF) in Beijing from August 1st to 6th 2013, organized by CNCCC Public Service Center. Around 250 young delegates participated in the event. They come from 20 provinces or cities in the Chinese mainland and Taiwan as well as from 10 ASEAN countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Through visits, experience tours, courses and joint performances, young delegates established friendship and deepened understanding with each other. Recently, 10 ASEAN young delegates sent a letter to the CPAFFC, sharing their thoughts of the CAYCEF and expressing gratitude to the hosts and organizer.】 To: The Chinese people’s association for friendship with foreign countries Hi, we are the 10 representatives from each Southeast Asian Country. Our average age is 18 years old and most of us are still studying in high schools. In this hopeful beginning of 2014, we are happy to share an overseas friendship story with you. In the first week of August in 2013, the 10 countries of ASEAN sent approximately 10 youths to go Beijing, China to join the first “China-ASEAN Youth cultural exchange festival”, which was hosted by “China National Committee for the care of Children”, “Chinese People’s association for Friendship with Foreign Countries” and organized by “CNCCC Public Service Center”. We were hand in hand to represent all of our ASEAN friends who were fortunate to be part of the festival. We are still grateful to have experienced this precious, meaningful and historical grand event. In the journey, we experienced and touched the four-thousand-year history, culture and wonders of China. Our ASEAN friends got a deep and good impression of the main coordinator Mr. Wu Jiong, the MC Ms. Xu Jing and each instructor from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Although we did not have the same mother tongue, they treated us like a friend and made us feel that we were not alone in the far place away from home. Actually for us, the most valuable thing was to meet plenty of new friends in life. This kind of new friend is never get old. We were from 10 different countries in ASEAN, speaking different languages, living in a completely different cultural background, with different customs, and educational structures. Hence, the processes of knowing each other, sharing the similarities, celebrating the differences, until accepting each other and becoming friend, are always fresh. Five months have gone, and 2014 a brand new year has started. Recalling the memories, we thought that after the festival, everybody going back to their own country and continuing their regular lifestyles, our connection would slowly disappear. But it is so amazing that we continue our friendship until now by Internet! Perhaps it is because destiny brought some true friends together. However, there is still an uncertain future of us, but we believe it is beautiful still. Moreover, we have a group on Facebook with one hundred members and some of us have established a private team called “The ASEAN Youth Summit” to make sure the friendship is still tight with lots of continuing discussions and conversations. We always work hard to increase our international knowledge in real life, and work towards of our shared dream – Reunion! It is only a pure thought and a dream, which is why we created those things. We are having some thought now, for example: backpacking together to experience the world, and meeting each other on a glorious international stage. We sincerely believe that we will achieve it in someday. Finally, we feel grateful to all of the organizations like those I have mentioned, and of course the United Nations and other non-governmental organizations. All of you let the world share each other and increase the interest between human to have more positive possibilities. Thank you very much!   Warmest regards, Soon Jian Jun, Brunei Nguon Sony, Cambodia Aulia Pratiwi, Indonesia Khamla Sabpaso, Laos Lee Set Jin, Malaysia Myat Min Hein, Myanmar Mau Romero, Philippines Zhang Zheng Lin, Singapore Wannawat Em-ong, Thailand Nguyn Hà Chi, Vietnam
2014-03-07
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