In the morning of 29th June, the photo exhibition in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the initiation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence was held by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin accompanied Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao, Myanmar President U Thein Sein and Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari to visit the exhibition. In June 1954, the Chinese government issued joint statements with the governments of India and Myanmar respectively,which set forth and advocated the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (namely mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other''''s internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit,and peaceful coexistence) as norms in handling state-to-state relations. Sixty years on, the Five Principles have become the cornerstone of China''''s independent foreign policy of peace. Widely recognized and observed by the international community as basic principles guiding relations between countries, the Five Principles have promoted the sound and stable growth of international relations, safeguarded international fairness and justice, and contributed greatly to world peace and human progress. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the initiation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. The CPAFFC selects 80 valuable photos for the exhibition, which record the 60 extraordinary years of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. The exhibition consists of 3 parts, which collects photos from various periods after the initiation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, Sino-India relations as well as China-Myanmar relations.Photos of the exhibition present high-level communications, people-to-people exchanges and China’s foreign aid, etc.  President Jiang Zhenghua of China India Friendship Association. Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice-President Feng Zuoku of the CPAFFC accompanied the visit. 

Mr. Geng Zhiyuan, Executive Vice President of China-Myanmar Friendship Association, hosted luncheon for visiting Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his delegates at Diaoyutai Guest House on 28 June 2014. Mr. Geng conveyed to President U Thein Sein greetings from Madame Li Xiaolin (President of CPAFFC) and Mr. Feng Zuoku (Vice President of CPAFFC and President of China-Myanmar Friendship Association). Mr. Geng said that China-Myanmar friendship has endured test of time and become stronger and that both countries are currently undergoing rapid changes. China-Myanmar Friendship Association and Myanmar-China Friendship Association, approved by President U Thein Sein, have jointly made contributions to people-to-people exchanges between China and Myanmar. President U Thein Sein highly appreciates what China-Myanmar Friendship Association has done for bilateral relations. He said that Myanmar and China are connected by rivers and mountains. The two peoples share long history of friendship.  He expressed hope that the friendship associations in Myanmar and China make further concerted efforts in carrying forward and developing traditional friendship between people of Myanmar and China.

On June 27th, CPAFFC Vice President Hu Sishe met with Mr. Victor Petrovic Walterlasky,  Chairman of  Force Union between Russian and Cossacks Abroad and his delegation. The both sides discussed on events of exchanges of youth and traditional culture. Vice President Hu welcomed Chairman Walterlasky and briefed him about the status of the CPAFFC. He said, the CPAFFC paid great attention to the relationship with Russia, and has been engaged in friendship works to Russia for a long time. After the heads of State of the two countries raised the idea of establishing Comprehensive Strategic and Collaborative Partnership, the cooperation between the two countries has been continuously deepened from political mutual trust to economic cooperation, developing to cultural exchanges. Among these works, the exchange of youth is one of the emphases of the CPAFFC’s work. Starting from youth, further consolidating the basic of friendship, is very significant of developing in-depth cooperation. Chairman Walterlasky thanks for Vice President Hu’s hospitality. He gave a brief introduction of culture of Cossacks. He said, his visit to China this time impressed him very much. He hoped to jointly set up a long-term and healthy platform with the CPAFFC, to develop cooperation especially in exchanges of youth education and Cossack culture. He proposed that, in this October, Force Union between Russian and Cossacks Abroad will cooperate with the Commission for Economic Cooperation of CIFA, to organize a 100-person delegation formed by students to visit China. He would take this as an opportunity to open a door for the cooperation of the both sides. At the same time, he sincerely invited President Li Xiaolin and Vice President Hu Sishe to visit Russia. Song Jingwu, Director-General of Department of European and Asian Affairs attended the meeting, and gave a brief introduction on friendly exchange work to Russia. After the meeting, Zhou Ruiming, Secretary General of Commission for Economic Cooperation of CIFA and Chairman Walterlasky signed an agreement on developing youth exchanges.

CPAFFC Vice President Feng Zuoku met with the delegation of Zimbabwe Parliament Members headed by Hon. Mandi Chimene, Vice President of Zimbabwe-China Friendship Association (ZCFA) on June 25. Feng welcomed the visit of the delegation and introduced the 60th Anniversary celebrations of CPAFFC. He said that CPAFFC is ready to cooperate with ZCFA and Zimbabwe Parliament for the further exchanges in the fields of culture and local government. Feng also introduced the 2nd China-Africa Local Government Cooperation Forum (CALGC Forum) which will be held in Beijing in August and hoped that the relevant Zimbabwe governors and mayors could actively participate in the Forum. Hon. Mandi Chimene said the purpose of this Parliament members'' visit is to learn the experiences of China''s fast development and promote the Zimbabwe-China friendly exchanges. She said that she is very happy to know the 2nd CALGC Forum and will promote the relevant Zimbabwe governors and mayors to attend. H.E. Frederick M. Shava, Ambassador of Zimbabwe to China attended the meeting.

The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and the Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago co-organized the Reception marking the 40th Anniversary of Establishment of China-Trinidad and Tobago Diplomatic Relations in Beijing on 24th, June. Guests from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Ministry of Commerce of China, embassies of Latin American and Caribbean Countries in China and other relevant institutions attended the reception, including Mr. Qiangba Puncog, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of CPAFFC, Mr. Zhang Kunsheng, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs. Xie mentioned in his speech that since the establishment of the diplomatic ties, the bilateral relations between China and Trinidad and Tobago developed smoothly. Political mutual trust, pragmatic cooperation, cultural exchanges and peoples’ friendship have been developed and fruitful. Under the framework of sound and deepened growth of bilateral relations, people-to-people exchanges at local level and in cultural field also flourished. Entrusted by the Chinese government, CPAFFC is the leading department in managing sister city work of China. CPAFFC is willing to work with Trinidad and Tobago to help establish the first pair of sister cities between the two countries.  H.E. Mr. Singh delivered a vivid speech and highly remarked the China-Trinidad and Tobago relationship and pragmatic cooperation on diverse fields between the two sides. He also expressed the willingness from Trinidad and Tobago side to enhance the communication and deepen the people’s friendship between the two countries. On the occasion, H.E. Mr. Singh, together with musicians from China Oriental Performing Arts Group presented unique dances and songs, showing the successful cooperation between the two countries and the long-lasting friendship between the two peoples.

CPAFFC Vice President Feng Zuoku met with Abdelmouniem Alsuni Ahmed, new Secretary General of Council For International People’s Friendship of Sudan(CIPFS) on June 24. Feng expressed warm welcome to the visit of the CIPFS delegation and said that CPAFFC is ready to continue the close cooperation with CIPFS for the further development of China-Sudan cultural and local government cooperation. As for the 5th China-Arab Friendship Conference (CAFC), Feng hoped that the Conference could be held in Sudan since the political situation of Iraq, the planned place of the Ministers’ Meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, is not stable. Abdelmouniem said that CIPFS has established communications with 67 organizations including CPAFFC all over the world. CIPFS is ready to cooperate with CPAFFC to promote China-Sudan exchanges in the fields of sister-cities, universities and research institutions. Abdelmouniem also condemned the terrorist attacks in China recently. As for the 5th CAFC, Abdelmouniem said that Sudan is experienced in hosting the international conferences and is willing to host the 5th CAFC.

Charming ASEAN·Approaching China Cultural Tour was held in the city of Fangchenggang of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 17-19 June 2014, co-hosted by the CPAFFC, Guangxi Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and friendship-with-China associations in 10 ASEAN countries. Chinese VIP guests include Madame Gu Xiulian (President of China-ASEAN Association), Ms. Liu Xinwen (Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People’s Congress), Mr. Zhang Xiaoqin (Vice Governor of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), Mr. Jin Xiangjun (Secretary of CPC Fangchenggang Committee), Mr. He Chaojian (Mayor of Fangchenggang), etc. Foreign VIP guests include Mr. Korn Dabbaransi (President of Thai-Chinese Friendship Association and former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand), Mr. Ek Sam Ol (President of Cambodia-China Friendship Association and Chairman of Constitutional Council of Cambodia), delegates from other friendship-with-China associations in ASEAN countries as well as Mr. AKP Mochtan (Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN), Madame Magdalene Teo (Ambassador of Brunei to China),   Mr. Nguyen Van Tho (Ambassador of Vietnam to China), Madame Erlinda F. Basilio (Ambassador of the Philippines to China), and other ASEAN diplomats from embassies and general consulates in China. Charming ASEAN·Approaching China Cultural Tour include Forum on Economy, Trade & Culture, Photo Exhibition on Conference of ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship Organizations, Photo Exhibition on ASEAN & Fangchenggang Culture & Tourism, ASEAN cultural gala night in college, ASEAN Cultural Night, Asia Golden Dragon Award Ceremony and business tours.  The purpose of holding this event is to make Chinese people more familiar with ASEAN countries and China-ASEAN people-to-people exchanges and share more in culture for building a better future.

At the invitation of the Korea Foundation and Korea-China Friendship Association, a 180-member delegation of Chinese young envoys of friendship, headed by Mr. Hu Sishe, Vice President of CPAFFC, paid a visit to the Republic of Korea from 16-23 June 2014. The delegation members included young public servants from central departments as well as from Beijing, Hebei, Guangxi, Tibet, Shaanxi and Qinghai in China. Under the theme of “Travel of Sympathy Korea”, Chinese delegation visited Seoul, Cheonan, Cheongju, Busan and Jeju. They attended the lecture on China-ROK relations at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated in the seminar on China-ROK public servants, and inspected cultural facilities as well as SAMSUNG and other well-known enterprises. This visit gave Chinese delegates more understanding of Korean culture, tradition, social development and professional dedication, provoking thoughts on common historical experience and sense of duty for further consolidation of China-ROK friendship. The program of visiting ROK by Chinese young envoys of friendship was initiated by the CPAFFC, China-Korea Friendship Association and the Korea Foundation. Altogether 1700 people in ten delegations have been sent to Korea since 2009.

On June,17th, 2014, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corporation, visited Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC). He held a lecture titled "Invent for the poor", and all seats were occupied. President Li Xiaolin hosted the lecture. Mr. Bill Gates, wearing a red T-shirt, shared his own experiences on charity work with smile and confidence.  He also appealed to the society to focus on the problems of the global, especially African children’s illness. He devoutly hoped personages of various circles devote themselves to the cause of charity and aid the helpless people. This captive lecture won him the warm applause of the audience. After the lecture, Mr. Bill Gates answered the questions of the audience. He emphasized that CPAFFC played an important role in the world for friendship, love and mutual assistance. He also talked about that CPAFFC should make use of the advantages of China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development in order to further help the people in need.

On June 14th, sponsored by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, supported by China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development and Walter Disney Corporation, the Exhibition of Excellent Paintings of Teachers and Students of Chinese Elementary and Middle School was held in the auditorium of CPAFFC. Fine arts teachers and students from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong Province and Sichuan Province were attracted to attend this event. Over 266 painting works were exhibited in the CPAFFC. Mickey and Minnie Mouse of Disney Company showed at the exhibition and delighted the visitors. Xie Yuan, vice President of CPAFFC and Mr. Sheng  Xin, Secretary General of CFFPD presented at the opening. On the same day, Summit Forum of Arts Education of Chinese Elementary and Middle Schools was held in Peace Palace of the CPAFFC. The forum was entitled of Puzzle of Taste, which was discussed around the theme of Deepening reform of art education and answering for the future of society. The attendants actively exchanged points of views, and advocated to carry forward the Chinese traditional culture from the education of elementary and middle schools, as well as asked for all circles’ attention to the children’s imagination and creativity.