To celebrate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia and the China-Cambodia Friendship Year, H.E. Mme. Gu Xiulian, President of China-Cambodia Friendship Association led a delegation and paid a visit to Cambodia from December 3rd to 7th, 2013 at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Ek Sam Ol, President of Cambodia-China Friendship Association. Mr. Feng Zuoku, Vice President of CPAFFC and China-Cambodia Friendship Association accompanied Mme. Gu during the visit. Meeting with King Norodom Sihamoni Mme. Gu respectively met with His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, Her Majesty Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, H.R.H Princess Norodom Buppha Devy, Prime Minister H.E. Hun Sen, 1st Vice President of Senate H.E. Say Chhum, 1st Vice President of the National Assembly H.E. Nguon Nhel and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation H.E. Hor Namhong. Mme. Gu and Prime Minister H.E. Hun Sen also planted two trees which symbolize the everlasting friendship between China and Cambodia. Meeting with  Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk During this visit, the delegation held various celebration activities, such as the China-Cambodia Bringing Light Tour to conduct the free operations to 100 local cataract patients, the China-Cambodia Photo Exhibition on Cultural Relics, and the China-ASEAN Friendship Tour donation to Chaktomuk Primary School. H.E. Mrs. Bu Jianguo, China''s Ambassador to Cambodia, accompanied the delegation in main activities. Meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen

On Dec. 6, the awards presentation and outstanding works exhibition of 2013 Family Love Photo Exhibition initiated by the CPAFFC were held. Mr. Xie Yuan, the vice president of the CPAFFC, Mr. Xu Qiang, the deputy secretary-general of Beijing  People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Mr. Zhao Yingxin, the president of China Photograph Press, Mr. Wu Liang, the editor-in-chief of China Special Topic Gallery of China Pictorial Press, the teachers and students from the contesting schools in Beijing  and teachers and students from 5 schools for mentally retarded in Beijing participated the exhibition, totaling over 120 persons were present at the event. This contest was initiated on May 15, this year and over a thousand works were received from all over the nation. After strict selection by 7 members of the selection committee, 16 works won the contest. In his Speech, Vice President Xi Yuan said, “it is expected that this contest will spread the seeds of love in youth’s heart,  and which will grow and blossom, spread to every corner of the world.” He also particularly mentioned the 5 schools for mentally retarded, and wished those kids would grow in love from their families and the entire society. During April 7 to 18 next year, the CPAFFC and People’s Pictorial jointly with the Branch of Young Photographers of Worker’s Association of China Children’s Press, will hold Family Love Exhibition in Palais des Nations of United Nations in Geneva. The new round of collection for works will start soon. The new works being collected will go to the UN with the winning works of this contest, so as to reveal the Chinese youth’s healthy feature and mind. After the news press, the guests, students, teachers and parents viewed the exhibition with interest in the compound of the CPAFFC, and took photos for memory.

The year 2014 marks the 35th anniversary of China-US sister cities relationship. Over the past 35 years, there are altogether 41 pairs of sister provinces/states and 199 pairs of sister cities established between the two countries, who have carried out proactive and productive exchange and cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, science and technology, people-to-people and education. To further promote the future development of China-US sister cities and push forward the practical exchange and cooperation between these sister cities, CPAFFC and Sister Cities International (SCI) will jointly host U.S.-China Sister Cities Conference on March 26 to 28, 2014 in Washington D.C. and would like to invite representatives from the Chinese and the US sister cities to participate. During the conference, we will share best practices, explore further cooperation and give out the U.S.-China Sister Cities Awards to recognize those outstanding sister provinces, states, cities and individuals from the two sides. We sincerely invite representatives from the local governments, business, education, culture and other sectors of both sides to support and join this conference, and to foster the sister cities relations and subnational exchanges between our two countries, and to play our parts to lay a solid foundation for building the new type of major country relations between China and the U.S. For further information, please contact Ms. Zhang Yang at 010-65283530 or jessieyy719@163.com

Mr. Xu Kuangdi, former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of CPPCC and President of Chinese Academy of Engineering, currently President of China-US People’s Friendship Association, met with Mr. Marc Allen, President of Boeing China at the CPAFFC on December 4. The two sides exchanges views on topics including Boeing’s business development plans in China. Vice President Xie Yuan of CPAFFC attended the meeting. Mr. Xu Kuangdi commended Boeing Company on its long-term support in promoting friendly relations and economic cooperation with China. Xu Kuangdi said that China is a huge market for Boeing Company. With China’s rapid economic development and the lifting of people’s living standards, more and more Chinese people choose to travel abroad by planes. This creates new demands for aviation industry. In addition, there is also a growing demand for traditional models of planes at the Chinese market. China’s aviation industry only starts recently, and it is hoped that Boeing could maintain its good partnership with China’s aviation industry, produce more models of aircraft, and adopt to the blossoming global aviation industry. Mr. Marc Allen thanked Mr. Xu Kuangdi for meeting him. He said that since Boeing entered the Chinese market 40 years ago, it has kept good cooperation with China, and developed partnership with many Chinese companies such as Aviation Industry Corporation of China, and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China. Chinese market has great potentials, and in the next 20 years, it will need 5580 new airplanes. We believe that by cooperating with China, we could demonstrate to the world that the two countries do not only compete, but can also cooperate. Boeing will continue to be a bridge for China-US economic and trade cooperation, and contribute to the development of China-US relations. Mr. Marc Allen also introduced Boeing’s plan to set up an aircraft equipment center in China, and the project of Green Airplanes.

To celebrate the 55th anniversary o the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia and the China-Cambodia Friendship Year, the 2013 China-Cambodia Bringing Light Tour, co-hosted by CFAFFC and Cambodia-China Friendship Association, was successfully held in Cambodia from December 1st to 4th, 2013. Led by The Chinese medical team, lead by Mr. Wu Jixiang and Mr. Wang Ningli, President and Vice President of Beijing Tongren Hospital, successfully conducted nearly 100 free operations for Cambodian cataract patients at Preah Ketumealea Hospital. Chinese Medical Team Welcomed by Cambodian Hospital H.E. Mme. Gu Xiulian, President of China-Cambodia Friendship Association， H.E. Mrs, Bu Jianguo, China''s Ambassador to Cambodia, H.E. Mr. Ek Sam Ol, President of Cambodia-China Friendship Association，General Sum Samnang from Cambodian Ministry of Defense, and Lieutenant General Ly So Van, President of Preah Ketumealea Hospital attended the ceremony of 2013 China-Cambodia Bringing Light Tour, at which Mme. Gu Xiulian and Mr. Wu Jixiang both delivered speeches. The 2013 China-Cambodia Bringing Light Tour was highly appreciated by the Cambodian Royal family, government and people and widely covered by Cambodian media. Mr. Wu Xiangji and Mr. Ek Sam Ol with Patients Operation by Mr. Wang Ningli Chinese Medical Team Screening Patients

On Nov. 3rd, 2013, CPAFFC Vice President Xie Yuan met with Mr. Francisco Javier Alvarez De Soto, the former foreign minister of Panama, Mr. Juan Carlos Espinoza Jimenez, the former director-general of the General Office of Policy the Panamanian Foreign Ministry and their group. Vice President Xie Yuan introduced the major works and status of contacts to Panama of the CPAFFC. He expressed that the CPAFFC was always attaching great importance to the development of friendly contacts to the Panamanian people, and would like to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Panama in fields of culture, economy and trade, so as to establish  China-Panama friendship relation that benefits both countries. Mr. De Soto appreciated that the CPAFFC invited the delegation to visit China, and promised to help to strengthen the communications between China and Panama within his capacity.

From Nov.30th to Dec.2nd, the 8th CACPPFO was held in Manila of the Philippines. Mme. Gu Xiulian, President of China-ASEAN Association (CAA), CPAFFC Vice President Feng Zuoku, Mme. Hua Fuzhou, President of China Association for Labor Studies(CALS) and local government delegates from Beijing, Sichuan, Chengdu and Guangdong with ASEAN countries participants, altogether about 100 people, attended the conference. The Conference was hosted by the Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU) with the theme of “Achieving Progress and Unity in Diversity”. President Gu Xiulian addressed in the opening ceremony and made positive comments on the role of the Conference to lift the China-ASEAN people-to-people friendship and trust to a new high, promote the cooperation to a new stage and push the interaction of the bilateral relations in multilateral platform to a new level. During the Conference, forums on China-ASEAN public health and laboring and employment were also held. On the closing ceremony, the 11 organizations from China and ASEAN countries signed the Manila Declaration and agreed that the next conference be held in Chengdu. The conference was the last one in the first round of 10+1 cooperation mechanism and after the discussion and negotiation with 10 friendship organizations from ASEAN countries, the CAA raised the idea to upgrade the Conference to “Conference on ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship” which will be held in every two years and the Leaders’ Meeting for ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship Organizations be held in the year between two Conferences.

The Dialogue of China-Tanzania Governors and Mayors was held in Dar  Es Salaam, capital city of Tanzania on November 25, 2013. Mr. Xia Geng, Vice Governor of Shandong Province, Mr. Bing Zhigang, Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, Ms. Wang Lixia, Vice Governor of Shaanxi Province, Mr. Feng Zuoku, Vice President of CPAFFC, Mr. Lv Youqing, Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Honorable Mr. P Pinda, Prime Minister of Tanzania, Madame Gacia, Minister of Rural Area and Local Government and the businessmen from China and Tanzania, totaling about 500 guests, attended the Dialogue. P Pinda, Prime Minister of Tanzania Addressing the Dialogue Honorable PM Pinda said in his speech that the China-Tanzania traditional friendship was laid down by the old leaders of Mao Zedong and Nyerere in the 1960s. Since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Tanzania in 1964, the two countries have been enjoying frequent high-level visits and the further promotion of political, economic and cultural exchanges to become the all-weather friends. Local government cooperation is an important part of the bilateral relations and the dialogue is another milestone and opportunity for us to strengthen our local government cooperation and economic ties. It’s hoped that the delegates from both sides could find more chances for the potential cooperation for the common development of our two countries. Attendants of the Dialogue Mr. Xia Geng, Head of the Chinese Delegation and Vice Governor of Shandong Province said that China and Tanzania enjoyed long history of friendship. As the symbol of China-Tanzania friendship, Tanzara is well-known in China. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties, bilateral relations has been developed healthily and steadily and is motivated with new energy in the new period. We hope to further promote the practical cooperation between China and Tanzania local government and the development of comprehensive partnership. Dialugue Site During the dialogue, both sides also held the Promotion of China’s Provinces and Cities, Promotion of Tanzania Investment and One-to-One Governors and Business Talks. Signing Ceremony

On Nov. 21st, the CPAFFC Vice President Li Jianping met with Mr. Yves Dauge, the chairman of Association des Centres  culturels  de  Rencontre. Vice President Li Jianping extended his welcome to Mr. Yves Dauge and his group, as well as made a brief introduction on the status of the CPAFFC and its contact to France. He expressed that, as an organization specially engaged in non-governmental international exchanges in China, the CPAFFC attached great importance to the friendship with France. It has kept close cooperation with France in fields like local governments, agriculture for many years, at the same time established a lot of mature mechanisms such as Sino-France Forum. She hoped the CPAFFC would develop pragmatic with ACCR in the future in fields of culture and art, so as to further strengthen the people-to-people basis of China-France friendship. Yves Dauge appreciated that Vice President Li Jianping picking time for the meeting in his tight schedule, and also introduced the history, aim and operating mechanism of the ACCR. He said the ACCR would like to take the next year’s 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France as an opportunity, to strengthen the cooperation with the CPAFFC in fields of local governments, culture and etc.. He also hoped to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement with the CPAFFC in the near future. Vice President Li welcomed his idea. He said the CPAFFC would like to work and develop the bilateral relations with the ACCR based on carrying out detailed programs. ACCR was established in 1972. It is a quasi-government organization that authenticated by the French government, with the task of protection and sustainable development of the French heritage sites, developing exchanges and cooperation in fields of culture, art and creativity industry. It has 15 domestic branches, 27 branches in EU and 5 international branches in other countries.

On November 20th, Vice President Li Jianping met with H.E. Mr. Tadeusz Chomicki, Ambassador of The Republic of Poland to China, to discuss preparation for The 2nd China-Poland Regional Forum. CPAFFC and Embassy of The Republic of Poland made a preliminary plan of holding the forum in 2014 in China. According to Ambassador Chomicki’s expression, the Polish local governments values the opportunity to establish cooperative relationship with China and they possess strong willingness to attend the forum. Vice President Li said, CPAFFC attaches great importance to the exchanges and cooperation among Chinese and Polish local governments, we  will actively promote the preparation of the forum.