On April 15, Madame Lin Yi, Vice President of CPAFFC, met with a delegation headed by Mr. Chung Chong Wook, Vice Chairman of South Korea Committee to Prepare for Reunification with North, which is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs. Vice President Lin Yi conveyed President Li Xiaolin’s greetings to Vice Chairman Chung. She briefed him on some cooperative projects between CPAFFC and its counterparts in Korea and preparation of the first China-Korea Governors Meeting. Madame Lin also expressed the willingness to work together with South Korea Committee to Prepare for Reunification with North to make contribution to regional and world peace.  Vice Chairman Chung thanked Vice President Lin for taking the time to meet them. He spoke highly of the achievement made in various areas since the establishment of diplomatic relationship between Korea and China. He highlighted CPAFFC’s important role in promoting the development of bilateral relations. Mr. Chung introduced the background, organizational structure and missions of South Korea Committee to Prepare for Reunification with North. He said the bilateral people-to-people exchanges enjoys a solid foundation and hoped the two sides continue to push forward our relationship. He also wished the first Korea-China Governors Meeting a great success.

Organized by the Foreign Ministry of China, Foreign Ministry of Nigeria, the CPAFFC and the Embassy of Nigeria in China, the reception celebrating the 45th anniversary of China-Nigeria diplomatic relations was held in Beijing on April 13. Mr. Wang Yi, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the Nigerian Foreign Minister , Mme. Lin Yi, the CPAFFC Vice President, Mr. Gu Xiaojie, the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria and other 300 guests from both sides attended the reception. Mr. Wang Yi said that both China and Nigeria attach great importance to friendly cooperation and view each other as important strategic partner. We understand and support each other’s endeavors to explore the development path in accord with its own national conditions. Our political trust has been enhanced and mutually beneficial cooperation enjoys rapid development. China is willing to uphold our African policy featuring sincerity, real results, affinity and good faith, as well as the right approach to justice and interests, and work with the Nigerian side to jointly open a brighter future for China-Nigeria relations. Mr. Onyeama spoke highly of the fruitful results of Nigeria-China cooperation over the past 45 years and thanked China for its long-term generous help and great support to Nigeria. He said that Nigeria values our traditional friendship and is willing to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with China in areas like infrastructure construction and energy and resources development, so as to push Nigeria-China strategic partnership to a new high.

Vice President Xie Yuan met with Mr.Dario Ruben Trape, Advisor of Civil Association for Cooperation between Argentina and China and his delegation on 8th April,2016. The both sides had a discussion on the activities planned to be held jointly in this year. Civil Association for Cooperation between Argentina and China was established in 2013. It has been making  great efforts on enhancing the exchanges of the youth and the culture between the two countries. Mr .Dario Ruben Trape is the president of Group San Cristobal. With the support of the company, the Civil Association for Cooperation between Argentina and China holds many activities every year to publicize Chinese culture and promote the mutual understanding of the two peoples. It has been keeping close cooperative relations with the CPAFFC.

President of China-Japan Friendship Association Tang Jiaxuan met  the main members of the delegation for China-Japan Friendship communication from Kyushu, Japan in Beijing on 8. April, which is led by Matsumoto Ryu, the former Japanese environment minister, president of Japan-China friendship Association in Fukuoka.  President Tang welcomed the visit of the delegation to China and highly evaluated the active efforts of Japan-China Friendship Association in Kyushu area to improve the bilateral relations. he said that this year is the key year in the developing process for improving Sino-Japan relations. Inthis background, the nongovernmental friendship organizations between China and Japan should have the general interests at heart, gather all the forces, take active action and do more helpful and strengthening-base work to promote the development of Sino-Japan relations toward the right direction. Both sides should work hard to further expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges, to deepen pragmatic cooperation as well as to promote local and youth exchanges between China and Japan. President Matsumoto thanked the president Tang for taking time to meet the delegation, he said, in the situation of difficult times of the  Japan-China relations, Japan-China Friendship Association in Kyushu area have held the Meetings for Japan-China Friendship Communication in Kyushu in three successive years, they have organized big delegations visiting China and made efforts to improve the bilateral relations. In the future, they will continue to carry out the tradition of promoting the governmental diplomacy through nongovernmental diplomacy and continuously enlarge the foundation of friendship, make contributions for the longstanding Japan-China friendship.  It's the third time for the nongovernmental friendship organizations in Kyushu area to organize massive delegations to visit China. Besides visiting Bejing, they will also visit Tangshan, Dalian, as well as donate cherry trees to Caofeidian China-Japan Industrial Park and hold tree planting events.

At the invitation of CPAFFC, The Deputy director of the Institute of Management, Mr. Sharipov and his delegation visited Beijing and Jiangxi Province from March 28th to April 1st.  During the visit, Mr. Shen Xin, deputy director general of the Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC and Mr. Li Yuqiang, Deputy Director General of Jiangxi Provincial Foreign Affairs Office met with the delegation. The delegation also communicated with the teachers and students of Nanchang University and the representatives of Sichuan International Studies University. This project will steam up the communication between two countries in the fields of photoelectricity, economy, education, culture.

Vice President Xie Yuan met with U.S. State Legislative Leaders Delegation, headed by Stephen Lakis, president of State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF)，on March 28, 2016. The delegation includes legislative leaders from 11 states including California, Michigan and Georgia. Vice President Xie Yuan expressed a warm welcome to the U.S. State Legislative Leaders Delegation to visit China. He said that to implement the achievements made by President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the U.S. in 2015, and further strengthen China-U.S. sub-national exchanges and cooperation, the CPAFFC and the SLLF formally signed the agreement on the establishment of China-U.S. Sub-national Legislature Exchange Mechanism in December last year, and decided to co-host the First China-U.S. Sub-national Legislature Cooperation Forum in Hawaii in June this year. This delegation comes at an important time before the first forum. He hoped every delegation member make full use of this visit to promote cooperation between their own state and China. President Lakis expressed his appreciation for the support of CPAFFC. He said the delegation’s visit was aimed at promoting sub-national exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in economic and trade, culture, educationl, health care and other fields. The SLLF is making every effort to prepare for the First China-US Sub-national Cooperation Forum to be held in June, and will organize more U.S. state legislative leaders delegation to China in the future .

H.E. Mr. Arken Imirbaki, Vice Chairman of Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NOC) and President of the Chinese-Arab Friendship Association (CAFA) met with His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai on 28 March. Mr. Arken conveyed the cordial greetings from Premier Li Keqiang and Vice President Li Yuanchao to Sheikh Mohammed. He thanked Sheikh Mohammad for his long-term efforts in promoting friendly relations between China and the UAE. He said, China would like to work together with UAE to enhance mutual understanding and trust between people of our two countries by encouraging bilateral exchanges in the field of politics, trade and economy, education, tourism, youth, etc. Mr. Arken  expressed appreciation for the economic developments and achievements of the UAE in the past years, and hoped to see the UAE become the nodal point of the Gulf countries in the construction of “One Belt One Road” Initiative.  Sheikh Mohammad said that the UAE highly values its relations with China, and is willing to participate actively in the construction of “One Belt One Road” Initiative, working hand in hand with China for the well-being of our peoples. Mr. Chang Hua, China’s Ambassador to the UAE, Mme. Lin Yi, Vice President of the CPAFFC, Mr. Li Lingbing, Consul General of China to Dubai, Madam Amal Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council of the UAE, Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rahid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, and Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rahid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, were present.

H.E. Mr. Arken Imirbaki, Vice Chairman of Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NOC) and President of the Chinese-Arab Friendship Association (CAFA) met with Madam Amal Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 27 March during his visit in UAE.  Mr. Arken conveyed Chairman H.E. Mr. Zhang Dejiang’s cordial greetings from the NPC Standing Committee. He said, since the establishment of strategic partnership between China and UAE, notable achievements have been made through bilateral cooperation in various fields. The UAE is an important participant in the construction of the “One Belt One Road” Initiative, as well as one of the founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. We believe there will be broader prospect for bilateral cooperation in the future. We appreciate UAE’s  firm supports to China in issues related to Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan. China attaches great importance to the development of China-UAE relations, and would like to strengthen bilateral cooperation in parliamentary as well as people-to-people exchanges. Mr. Arken stressed that, during the full implementation of the 13th Five Year Plan, we would like to promote common development of the whole world, adhering to the five development concept of innovation, harmonization, green, openness and sharing. Madam Qubaisi conveyed Crown Prince Mohammed’s regards from Abu Dhabi to H.E. Mr. Arken. She thanked China for supporting UAE in international affairs and upholding a just stand regarding anti-terrorism issues. The UAE is willing to actively participate in the construction of the “One Belt One Road” Initiative, and be a gateway for cooperation between China and the Gulf countries. The FNC highly values UAE-China relations and has set up the Parliament Group on UAE-China Friendship in particular, with the hope that the China’s NPC could also establish a corresponding department for comprehensive cooperation between the FNC and NPC for the benefits of people from both countries. Mr. Chang Hua, China’s Ambassador to the UAE, Mme. Lin Yi, Vice President of the CPAFFC, and members of FNC Parliament Group on UAE-China Friendship were present.

At the invitation of the Oman-China Friendship Association (OCFA), H.E. Mr. Arken Imirbaki, Vice Chairman of Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and President of the Chinese-Arab Friendship Association (CAFA) paid a friendship visit to the Sultanate of Oman between 23rd and 26th March. During the visit, Mr. Arken met with State Council Vice-Chairman Dr. Al Shaikh al Khattab Ghalib Ali al Hinai, Secretary General of the State Council and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the OCFA Dr. Khalid bin Salim al Saidi, and Chairman of the Oman Chamber of Commerce Mr. Said Saleh Al Kiyumi respectively. At the meeting, Mr. Arken pointed out that as one of the Gulf countries with the longest history, Oman is an important partner of China in the construction of the “One Belt One Road” Initiative. China highly values its relations with Oman, and would like to keep the momentum of bilateral exchanges in all fields, deepen our cooperation for mutual benefits, and push forward the development of China-Oman friendly cooperation.   Dr. Hinai welcomed the visit of Mr. Arken and his accompanying delegation. He said, Oman and China enjoy long-standing friendship and smooth development of cooperative relations in all sectors. Oman is willing to participate in the “One Belt One Road” construction, and conduct cooperation with China under this framework. Oman highly appreciates CAFA and OCFA’s role in enhancing people-to-people friendship through the promotion of bilateral exchanges and cooperation at the non-governmental level.  Mr. Yu Fulong, Chinese Ambassador to Oman was present.

At the invitation of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Mr. Ezzeddine Jebali, President of the Tunisia-China Friendship Association (TCFA) led a 14-member delegation visited China from March 20th to 26th, 2016. In Beijing, Madam Lin Yi, Vice President of the CPAFFC met with and hosted a luncheon for the delegation. Mr. Tarek Amri, Ambassador of Tunisia was also present at the function. At the end of the meeting, representatives of the three parties, Vice President Lin Yi, President Jebali of the TCFA and Mayor Mr. Mabrouk Mimouni of Sukra City signed the Communiqué of the Meeting. During their visit in Beijing, President Jebali also met with Mr. Xia Jianhui, Deputy Director General of Hanban for promoting the establishment of Confucius Institute in Tunisia and discussed with relevant persons from the International Exchange Center of the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine about the establishment of Chinese Medicine Treatment Center in Tunisia. Other members of the delegation visited Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture, Sinotrans Logistics Development Co.,Ltd, Dongcheng District Urban Management and Supervision Center and Niujie Mosque, exploring chances for cooperation. Beside Beijing, the delegation also visited Shaanxi Province. Mr. Zhang Jianguo, Vice President of Shaanxi People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Mr. Liu Qing, Deputy Director General of the Administrative Committee of the Yangling Demonstration Zone, Mr. Liu Xinyu, Deputy Mayor of Xianyang City and Mr. Wang Xiaojun, Deputy Mayor of Weinan City met with the delegation respectively and held discussions regarding bilateral cooperation in the fields of economy, agriculture, education, medicine and others. Establishment of bilateral friendship cities were also discussed.