Friendship with Foreign Countries Holds Council Meeting

The Hunan People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (HPAFFC) holds its 7^thcouncil meeting on January 7, 2021. (Photo/He Wei)

The Hunan People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (HPAFFC) held its 7^thcouncil meeting in Changsha on January 7, 2021.

Wu Lan, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, addressed the opening ceremony. The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) sent a letter of congratulations. Other provincial leaders present included Xie Jianhui, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan executive vice governor, Yang Weigang, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People’s Congress, and He Anjie, vice chairman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee.

Letter of congratulations were also received from the counterpart associations in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, and representatives of international organizations and friendship cities, including Shiga Governor Taizō Mikazuki; Yukio Hatoyama, former Japanese Prime Minister and also honorary chairman of the Japan-China Association for the Promotion of “Belt and Road” Initiative; and the Association of North East Asia Regional Governments (NEAR).

The meeting elected the chairman of the 6^thHPAFFC Council, and HPAFFC vice chairman and secretary general; deliberated the working report of the 5^thcouncil; and, revised the HPAFFC statutes.

HPAFFC was formerly the Hunan branch of the Chinese People’s Convention for Safeguarding World Peace which was founded on May 27, 1950. In 1973, the State Council approved to establish the Hunan branch of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. In 1987, it was renamed as the Hunan People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, abbreviated as HPAFFC.The aims of the association are to enhance people’s friendship, further international cooperation, safeguard world peace and promote common development.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday.cn