Presented by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), co-produced by China News & Documentary Film Group, the full-length documentary People-to-people Diplomatic Records of New China commemorating the 60th anniversary of CPAFFC will be broadcast at 19:30 on CCTV-4 from January 5th to 10th . Broadcasting schedule (on CCTV-4, 1 episode per day): Asian Version: Jan. 5th - 10th European Version: Jan. 6th - 11th American Verision: Jan. 6th - 11th (Beijing Time)

On 22nd, Dec, Vice President Xie Yuan met with Mr. Danillo Santos, President of Brazil-China Friendship Association who was attending the 2014 award ceremony of the Brilliance of China-Choice for Chinese Culture Promoters of the Year. Mr. Xie extended his warm welcome to Mr. Danillo Santos. The two parts exchanged their views on the exchange activites between the two associations for the coming year.

At the invitation of Micronesia China Friendship Association and Mr. Eddie Calvo, Governor of Guam, the delegation led by Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of CPAFFC visited the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM in short) and Guam of the United States Between Dec. 13 and Dec. 20. During the visit to FSM, the delegation had meetings respectively with Honorable Mr. Emanuel Mori, President of FSM, Mr. Lorin Robert, Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs of the national government of FSM and Mr. John Ehsa, Governor of Pohnpei, and held meetings with Mr. Duhlen Soumwei, President of Micronesia China Friendship Association and the members of the association as well. Besides, the delegation attended the welcome reception hosted by Micronesia China Friendship Association and visited College of Micronesia-FSM. During the visit to Guam, the delegation met with Honorable Mr. Eddie Calvo, Governor of Guam, Ms. Mana Taijeron, Deputy Administrator and Mr. George Chiu, President of Guam Chinese Association. This visit is the first time for our association to send a delegation to the above-mentioned country and region. The delegation has widely got in touch with local political leaders, important organizations and people who are friendly to China and had a good understanding of the local conditions after the successful visit. Photo of Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of CPAFFC and Honorable Mr. Emanuel Mori, President of FSM Photo of Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of CPAFFC and Mr. Lorin Robert, Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs of the national government of FSM Photo of Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of CPAFFC and Mr. John Ehsa, Governor of Pohnpei Meeting by Delegation of CPAFFC and President and Members of Micronesia China Friendship Association Group Photo of Delegation of CPAFFC and President of College of Micronesia-FSM Mr. John Hagelgam, Former President of FSM Sees the Delegation off at the Airport  Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of CPAFFC Gives A Present to Honorable Mr. Eddie Calvo, Governor of Guam

Entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the CPAFFC received a 10-person delegation headed by Mr. Altaf Hossain Choudhury from the Bangladesh China Cultural, Economic & Mass Communication Center between 9th December and 13th December. The delegation visited Beijing and Guangdong. Mr. Feng Zuoku, Vice President of the CPAFFC and Mr. Fu Lang, President of the Guangdong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries met with the delegation respectively. 

Vice President Xie Yuan held a meeting with President Tony Joseph of Muscatine-China Initiatives Committee of Iowa, USA, on December 10, 2014. VP Xie commended the positive contributions made by the Committee to promoting the exchanges between Muscatine and China. President Joseph expressed his gratitude to the CPAFFC for extending gracious support to the Committee’s programs. They also exchanged views on the plan of exchanges and cooperation for the year of 2015. 

Jointly sponsored by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Publicity Department of Shanghai Municipal Committee of CPC, and Shanghai Dance Theatre, the ballet Crested Ibises was performed at the Opera House of National Centre for the Performing Arts at 19:30 pm on December 9, 2014. Vice-chairman Eligen Imibakhi of NPC and President of the Chinese-Arab Friendship Association, President Gu Xiulian of China-ASEAN Association, President Li Xiaolin of CPAFFC, and over two hundred foreign diplomats from more than eighty countries and regions attended the debut. The ballet Crested Ibises is an outstanding artistic creation based on the true story of the international protection of this endangered species, crested ibis (also known as Toki). The crested ibises, widely distributed in northeast Asia, used to live in harmony with human, which, however, have been declared endangered in 1970s. Fortunately, Chinese scientists accidentally found 7 wild ibises alive in Shaanxi Provience in the year of 1981, and implemented conservation program for this species soon after that. Through protection and care, the beautiful ibises appear in people’s sight again. The ballet combines traditional Chinese dance with classic ballet and modern dance, with the metaphor presented in the story of harmonious coexistence of human and nature as well as of all humans, inspiring people to cherish the crested ibises, to cherish nature, and to cherish the earth.  Foreign diplomats and guests home and abroad coming at the invitation of CPAFFC made the debut a meeting point to enhance their friendship as well as a chance to enjoy the wonderful performance. The audience reflected that the thought-provoking story stressed the importance of peace, friendship and cooperation among all nations.

A delegation of ASEAN Diplomats in China headed by Vietnamese Ambassador H.E. Mr. Nguyen Van Tho and Philippine Ambassador H.E. Ms. Erlinda F. Basilio visited China’s southwest Yunnan Province from December 3th to 6th, on Chinese Culture Tour organized by the CPAFFC.   The 9 diplomatic envoys of the delegation included ambassadors and cultural officials of the embassies of Vietnam, the Philippines, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia.  Mr Gao Feng, Deputy Governor of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province, and Ms Li Jianying, Vice Mayor of the Lijiang Municipal Government respectively met with them.  The members of the delegation visited Yunnan Minzu University, where they interacted with the teachers, local and international students from the departments of Southeastern Asian languages. They had discussions on culture with the officials of the Cultural Department of Yunnan Province, and representatives of local cultural and art enterprises and groups.  They visited cultural industry parks including Yunnan Ziyunqingniao Cultural Expo Park and Kunming National Advertising Park, museums including Yunnan  Nationalities Museum and Dongba Culture Museum, and Yunan Nationalities Village. Members also watched a folk dance drama Dynamic Yunnan featuring vivid peacock dance.  The diplomats said that the tour helped them to have a deeper understanding of the cultural achievements Yunnan has made. They would work to promote the cultural exchanges and cooperation between countries of ASEAN and Southeast Asia and Yunnan and other Chinese provinces.  The activity is listed as a project of the 2014 China-ASEAN Cultural Exchange Year. With Yunnan as its first stop, the China Cultural Tour will be carried out in other provinces of China next year. 

At the invitation of the CPAFFC, Mme. He Luli, the former vice chairwoman of Standing Committee of NPC met with a delegation formed by the Belgian congress members and representatives from Belgian industrial and commercial circles, headed by Mme. Anke Van Dermeersch. He Luli welcomed the delegation to visit China. She appreciated the delegates for their contribution to promoting the friendly exchanges and pragmatic cooperation between China and Belgium. She said, in recent years, the Chinese and Belgian high-level exchange of visits were frequent and the political mutual trust was deepened. In March this year, the state visit to Belgium paid by the Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a new historic page of China-Belgium friendship.  Mme. Dermeersch and Mr. Filip Dewinter, the deputy head of the delegation thanked the CPAFFC for the invitation and warm reception. Mr. Dewinter said, Mme. Dermeersch and he are the members of Antwerp Municipal Council. They expect to establish a Chinese Culture Center in Antwerp which will be the second largest Chinese Culture Center in Belgium, while the largest one is in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. As the second largest port in Europe and fourth largest of the world, Antwerp established friendship-city relation with Shanghai 20 years ago. It is the first pair of friendship cities between China and Belgium. It is expected that the contact of the two cities would be energized with the establishment of the Chinese Culture Center. Mme. He Luli said, it is pleasant to see that the Belgian guests raise the idea of enhancing the friendship between the two countries by establishing the friendship cities or regions. The CPAFFC has been long dedicating to city diplomacy and achieved fruitful result. She hope the CPAFFC to concern about this event and push it forward actively. Mr. Qu Xing, the incoming Chinese Ambassador to Belgium said, it is a great pleasure to meet with the Belgian guest in China before taking his post in Belgium. He will do his best to favor the above event and expect to meet the delegates again in the Chinese Embassy in Belgium soon. Hu Sishe, Vice President of CPAFFC, Cui Yongqian, Chairman of Silk-Road Peace Award Foundation, Zhou Ruiming, Secretary-General of Commission of Economic Cooperation of CPAFFC were present at the meeting.

Meeting with Guangxi Vice Governor Zhang Xiaoqin Organized by the CPAFFC, China-Vietnam Friendship Association, Vietnam-China Friendship Association and Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), the Sixth Meeting of China-Vietnam People’s Forum was held in Nanning of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 1-3 December 2014. Chinese and Vietnam delegates from political, economic, academic and media sectors who have long engaged in promoting China-Vietnam relations attended the meeting.  The Chinese delegation was headed by H.E. Mr. Qi Jianguo, Vice President of China-Vietnam Friendship Association and former Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam. The Vietnam delegation was led by H.E. Mr. Pham Van Chuong, Vice President of VUFO and Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation. The theme of the Sixth Meeting of China-Vietnam People’s Forum is “Safeguarding Traditional Friendship and Promote Pragmatic Cooperation”. Delegates from China and Vietnam held candid and in-depth discussions on present China-Vietnam relationship and raised proposals for future development.  Photo with CPAFFC Vice President Feng Zuoku The two sides agreed on the following: (1) China-Vietnam friendship has a solid foundation, meticulously fostered by past state leaders including Chairman Mao Zedong and Chairman Ho Chi Minh, carried forward by present state leaders, and supported by the majority of people in China and Vietnam. The two sides should spare more efforts through people-to-people channels for carrying on the China-Vietnam friendship generation by generation. (2) China and Vietnam are neighboring socialist countries, considering the development of the other as opportunity of its own development. Under the circumstances of economic globalization and region integration, China and Vietnam should stick to the principle of “long-term stability, future orientation, good-neighborly friendship and all-round cooperation”, the spirit of “good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners” and the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.  On this basis, pragmatic cooperation in various fields should be promoted for pushing bilateral relations to a new high. (3) Sea-related disputes are existing difficulties in China-Vietnam relations. The two sides should make good use of existing negotiation mechanism, earnestly implement consensus by two state leaders as well as agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of China-Vietnam sea-related issues and relevant international law, appropriately handle sea-related disputes, in a bid to make more contributions to healthy development of bilateral relations as well as peace, stability and prosperity of the region. Vice President Feng Zuoku of CPAFFC, Vice Governor Zhang Xiaoqin of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Vice Mayor Tao Lijian of Guilin respectively met with Chinese and Vietnamese delegates, who also visited Nanxishan Hospital (founded in 1960s in support for Vietnam’s anti-America war) and Memorial Hall of Vietnam School (combination of Vietnamese schools moved to China during 1950s-1970s) in Guangxi Normal University in Guilin.

Vice President Feng Zuoku of CPAFFC met with Prof. Datuk Abdul Latiff, Chairman of National Writers Association of Malaysia (GAPENA) at CPAFFC on 28 November 2014. Mr. Feng extended welcome to Mr. Latiff and his delegation and expressed gratitude for GAPENA’s unremitting efforts in carrying forward Malay culture and giving publicity to China’s reform and opening up. Mr. Feng said that CPAFFC is willing to continue its cooperation with GAPENA for promoting exchanges between people, especially youth, in China and Malaysia. Mr. Latiff said that GAPENA will remain committed to Malaysia-China friendship and provide training programs on languages and culture for Malaysian and Chinese students, in a bid to pushing forward Malaysia-China as well as ASEAN-China relations.