On the morning of October 11, CPPCC Vice President Mr. Han Qide met with Mr. Kim Jin Bom, Vice Chairperson of the Committee for Foreign Culture Relations of D.P.R. Korea, who visited China for the celebration of the 55th anniversary of the foundation of the China-D.P.R. Korea Friendship Association and the D.P.R. Korea-China Friendship Association at the invitation of CPAFFC. Mr. Li Xiqui, Secretary-General of CPAFFC and Mr. Pak Myong Ho, Charge de''''affair of D.P.R. Korea Embassy attended the meeting. Mr. Han Qide expressed his warm welcome to the delegation. He said that the China-D.P.R. Korea traditional friendship had already been rooted to the heart of the two peoples and hoped that the two  associations could contributed more to the development of friendship of the two countries. Mr. Kim Jin Bom thanked Mr. Han Qide for his meeting and expressed his congratulations for China''''s achievements since reform and opening-up. He said that D.P.R. Korea hopes to cooperate with China to make more efforts for the promotion of traditional friendship and the strengthening practical cooperation.  

On October 10th, Vice President Xie Yuan met with Mr.Dirk Kempthorne, President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). Vice President Xie Yuan introduced the major functions and the friendship work conducted by CPAFFC in recent years. He said life insurance market in China has tremendous potential and he hoped ACLI would play a bigger role in enhancing cooperation of insurance industry between China and the U.S.. 

At the invitation of Yuvsatta, Punjab, the CPAFFC sent a delegation of 15 members to visit India during 24th September and 4th October this year to attend the 8th International Youth Peace Festival in Chandigarh. The delegates, mainly from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technolog exchanged ideas and conducted joint activities with around 250 youth from 24 countries, including India, USA, Bhutan, Brazil, etc. This is a third delegation of this kind organized by the CPAFFC. During the Peace Fest, the host organized “China Day Evening” on the night of 1st October to celebrate the Chinese National Day, in which, youth from all participating countries gave wonderful cultural performances. The Peking Opera and a Medley of Chinese and Foreign songs brought the evening to its climax and won a great round of applause. The Friends of China Association, Chandigarh also hosted a wonderful get-together in honor of the Chinese Youth Delegation, as well as for the celebration of the Chinese National Day. For most members of the delegation, this is the first visit to India. Thanks to the thoughtful arrangements of homestay by the Friends of China Association, one of the most important counterparts of the CPAFFC in India, the delegates experienced the real everyday life of the local Indians, and developed very sincere and deep friendship with our host families.

The 4th Sino-European Agricultural Seminar was convened from September 25th to 27th,  in Yinchuan, the capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The meeting was jointly hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the China-EU Association, Madame Wuyun Qimuge, President of the China-EU Association, Mr. Qu Dongyu, Vice President of the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Mr. Li Jianping, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Madame Liu Shu, Former Vice President of the China Association of Science and Technology attended the opening ceremony. Some 160 guests from 7 European countries including UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Romania, as well as from 6 Chinese western provinces and regions attended this seminar. The theme of this seminar is “Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Building Agricultural Products Safety Management Systems”. The participants had broad and in-depth discussion on new models in the field of sustainable and intensified development of agriculture and agricultural products safety management systems. European participants had on-site visits of local agricultural projects and formed many preliminary intents for cooperation with Chinese institutes and companies through a match-making session. The conclusive paper --Ningxia Declaration and Guideline for Action were declared at the closing ceremony.

Xie Yuan, the vice president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) met with H.E. Mr. Karl Hood, the New Grenada ambassador to China on September,17,2013. Vice President Xie welcomed Ambassador Hood to China to take his new post, and introduced the main work of CPAFFC and 4th China Latin American and Caribbean Region People-to-people Friendship Forum recently held in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. He hoped that the two countries would strengthen the communication and promote the cooperation in exchanges of culture and students. Ambassador Hood thanked vice president Xie for meeting him from his tight schedule. He said Grenada attached great importance to the relationship with China. The Embassy of Grenada in China hoped to strengthen the communication with CPAFFC, so as to jointly hold activities which could enhance the mutual understanding between the people of the two countries in the future.

In the evening of Sept. 12th, a reception celebrating 40th anniversary of establishment of China-Spain diplomatic relations was held in the CPAFFC. Mr. Ji Bingxuan, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People''s Congress (NPC), Mme. Uyunqimg, the former  Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of NPC and the Chinese Chairperson of China-Spain Forum, Mme. Li Xiaolin, the president of the CPAFFC, Mr. Xie Hangsheng, the vice foreign minister of China, Mr. Liu lihua, the vice minister of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, Mr. Jose Manuel Soria, the Spanish minister of industry, energy and tourism, Mr. Pedro Solbes Mira, the Spanish Chairman of China-Spain Forum and former vice prime minister of Spain, Mr. Gonzalo De Benito Secades, the first vice  foreign minister of Spain and Mr. Manuel Valencia Alonso, the Spanish Ambassador to China were present. President Li Xiaolin spoke highly of China-Spain relation in her address. She said, since the two countries established all-around strategic partnership relation in 2005, the cooperation of the both sides had been more mature, steady and forceful. By the time of 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-Spain diplomatic relations and 10th anniversary of China-Spain Forum, the 7th session of the forum was held today. The personages of all circles from the two countries developed in-depth discussions and provided suggestions on the pragmatic cooperation of the two countries at the session, which had achieved important results. At the reception, President Li Xiaolin exchanged first day covers of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Spanish side. More than 400 guests from the two countries were present at the event.

Feng Zuoku, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) met Ali Al Amrani, the Minister of Information and the head of Yemen-China Parliamentary Friendship Group, and his delegation which was invited by the Information office of State Council of the People’s Republic of China.on September 11, 2013.  Vice president Feng Zuoku reviewed the friendly exchanges between the people of two countries and briefly introduced the CPAFFC, the mechanism of China-Arab Friendship Conference and the situation of the first forum on China-Arab cities which will be held next year in China.   Minister Ali Al Amrani spoke highly of the traditional friendship among China, Yemen and Arabic countries. He thanked China for the continual help to Yemen, especially in highway, hospital, universities and other construction of infrastructure. He expressed that China was different from western countries which had conflicts with Arabic countries. China had kept friendly relationship with Arabic countries since the ancient times. Prophet Muhammad said that people should come to China to acquired knowledge. Minister Ali Al Amrani also hoped that more and more students from Yemen would study in China in the new period, so as to strengthen and consolidate Yemen-China relationship. The President of the Yemen-China Friendship Association and the former Yemen Ambassador to China studied in China, they could all speak Chinese and learn about China very well, which set up a good example for us. Minister Ali Al Amrani pointed out that the Chinese people achieved great development and started a special development model by their wisdom, which demonstrated the eastern countries were capable of achieving development without colonial way. He also said Arab and China were eastern countries, but the Chinese people never treated Arabic countries with religious and racial discrimination. The experience of the China''s development was worth learning by Yemen and Arabic Countries.

At the invitation of the CPAFFC, Mr. Han Younghee, Vice President of the Korean Foundation, led a 120-member delegation of the Republic of Korea Young Friendship Envoys and paid a visit to China from 29 August to 6 September 2013.  The delegation consisted of students from around 50 universities and middle schools in Korea.  During the visit to Beijing, Guizhou Province and Zhejiang Province, the young delegates understood more about China’s history and culture and attended joint activities with Chinese students.  Mr. Feng Zuoku (Vice President of CPAFFC), Ms. Chen Guode (Executive Vice President of Guizhou Provincial People’s Friendship Association) and Mr. Ruan Zhongxun (Executive Vice President of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Friendship Association) respectively hosted welcome banquets for the ROK delegation. Korean students lived together with Chinese students in Guizhou Forerunner College and participated in Chinese cultural and sports programs. In Zhejiang, the Korean delegation learned Chinese calligraphy and folk craftsmanship in Shaoxing Unviersity and Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages. The visit exchange program of China and ROK young friendship envoys was initiated by the CPAFFC and the Korean Foundation in 2009. About 2000 students from both countries have participate in the exchange of visits up to now.  

On 29 August 2013, CPAFFC and the China-Korea Friendship Association hosted a welcoming ceremony for the 2013 Korean Young Friendship Envoys Delegation. CPAFFC Vice President Mr. Feng Zuoku, Mr. Liu Xinsheng (Advisor to the China-Korea Friendship Association) and Mr. Choi Youngsam (Minister Counsellor of ROK Embassy in Beijing) attended the ceremony. The Korean delegation consisted of 120 young students, headed by Mr. Han Younghee, Vice President of the Korean Foundation. Mr. Feng Zuoku, Mr. Han Younghee and Mr. Choi Youngsam respectively made speeches at the ceremony, followed by performances of Chinese and Korean students.

At the invitation of CPAFFC, a 5-member delegation headed by Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of Vietnam-China Friendship Association, paid a visit to Beijing and Harbin from 17 Aug to 23 Aug, 2013.  During their stay in China, the delegation met with Su Rong (Vice Chairman of CPPCC National Committee), Li Xiaolin (President of CPAFFC), Wang Weiguang (President of CASS) and Xu Zezhou (Standing Member of CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee and Director General of Organizing Department of CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee) The delegation had discussions with Feng Zuoku, Vice President of CPAFFC, exchanging ideas on future exchanges between the two associations and friendly cooperation between China and Vietnam . In addition, the delegation also visited China NGO Network for International Exchanges, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin Electric Corporation and Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall.