On the evening of September 3rd, Mr. Chen Yuan, President of China and Russia Friendship Association (CRFA) and Vice Chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met in Beijing with and held a banquet for Dmitry Mezentsev, Chairman of the Russia-China Friendship Association (RCFA) and Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy and his wife, who were at the invitation of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

President Chen Yuan extend welcome to Chairman Dmitry Mezentsev for visiting China, made a brief introduction about the recent situation and plan of CRFA and proposed constructive suggestions. Chairman Dmitry Mezentsev expressed thanks to President Chen Yuan for taking time to meet them and appreciation to CRFA for giving a lot support in the delegation visiting in Beijing this time. Both sides had an in-depth discussion on the issues concerning economy, trade, fiance, humanities, nongovernmental organizations and local governments, and reached active consensus.

Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of CPAFFC, Mr. Shen Xin，Director General of the Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC, Mr. Denisov Andrey, Russian Ambassador to China, attended the meeting.

  from left to right: Chairman Dmitry Mezentsev, President Chen Yuan, Ambassador Denisov Andrey