ROK President Park Geun-hye met with CPAFFC delegation headed by President Li Xiaolin and Mr. Wang Jianzhou, President of China-Korea Friendship Association, on 23 July 2013 at Cheong Wa Dae (Office of the ROK President). Chinese Ambassador Zhang Xinsen attended the meeting.

President Park Geun-hye expressed welcome to Madame Li with delegation and recalled with joy her recent visit to China in June 2013. President Park emphasized that one of the most important contents in the China-Korea Joint Deceleration was to deepen people-to-people and cultural ties.  She believed that the CPAFFC, as the biggest and most popular people-to-people friendship association in China, could play a crucial role to this end.

Madame Li Xiaolin briefed President Park on the work of the CPAFFC and the China-Korea Association. She totally agreed to President Park’s words that “the Korean dream and the Chinese dream are connected”, which was in President Park’s speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing.  Madame Li defined her visit to Korea this time as a trip to support dreams. She hoped for further cooperation with Korean side so as to provide assistance as much as possible to young people in China and Korea for realizing their dreams.

President Li Xiaolin paid a visit to Korea from 22-25 July 2013 at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Yun Byung-se, Minister of Foreign Affairs of ROK. During the visit, Madame Li met with Mr. Yun Byung-se and held discussions with Korea-China Friendship Association and Governors Association of Korea. She also made a speech on the theme of the Chinese dream at the Yonsei University and reached consensus with Samsung Group on establishing funds for activities of public interests.