The signing ceremony of Muscatine Visiting Scholars Program was held in Beijing on August 8th. President Li Xiaolin, Vice President Xie Yuan, President and CEO Wang Lu of Walmart Global eCommerce - Asia, Executive Vice President Lan Ye of JD Group attended the ceremony.

In his speech, VP Xie briefly recalled the anecdotes about China-US friendship between China’s President Xi Jinping and the State of Iowa of the United States. He said, the year of 2015 marked the 30th anniversary of President Xi’s visit to the city of Muscatine in Iowa. In order to pass people’s friendship between the two countries and train more personnel for the cause of people-to-people diplomacy, the CPAFFC set up the Muscatine Visiting Scholars Program under the China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development. This program aims at providing a platform for short-time training and visit for English-speaking personnel of the CPAFFC and employees of different companies. Mr. Xie said, both Chinese and foreign corporations, including Walmart, have long been dedicated to China’s public welfare and charity. Companies involved in the Muscatine Visiting Scholars Program should explore new channels based on their own advantages, and thus make new contribution to building the people-to-people friendship bridge between China and the United States.

President Wang Lu briefly introduced Walmart Global eCommerce’s development in China and expressed his gratitude towards the CPAFFC’s support. He looks forward to further enhancing the cooperation between the two sides and Walmart will contribute more to promote the development of China-US relations.

Secretary General Jia Ling of China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development and Senior Vice PresidentGao Huandongof Walmart’s Yihaodian signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides. President Li Xiaolin, Vice President Xie Yuan and President Wang Lu witnessed the ceremony.