CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin met in Hiroshima with HIDEHIKO YUZAKI，Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, on November 17th, during her visit to Japan.

President Li Xiaolin said that, over seventy years ago, Hiroshima Prefecture suffered from the atomic bombing and the people bore the torment brought by the war. After the war, the people in Hiroshima Prefecture rebuilt their beautiful homeland on the basis of adhering to peace and development. What we should learn from the history is that peace and friendship should be a goal to pursuit for the people of the world. The local exchange is an important part for the China and Japan relations. President Li hoped that Hiroshima Prefecture could further strengthen the friendly exchanges with Chinese provinces and cities, so as to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship of the two peoples and make efforts to promote healthy, stable development of the Sino-Japanese relations.

HIDEHIKO YUZAKI said that since the establishment of  the friendly provinces/counties relations in 1984, Hiroshima Prefecture and Sichuan Province developed fruitful exchanges and cooperation in various fields, which improved their relationship. He also expressed that Hiroshima Prefecture is willing to deepen the friendly exchanges and mutual benefit cooperation with Sichuan Province in the fields of culture, environmental protection, youth and etc.，which could benefit the two peoples. Mr. Li Tianran, Consul-General of Chinese Consulate-General in Osaka, Mr. Yuan Mindao, the Director-General of the Department of Japanese Affairs of CPAFFC and the Secretary-General of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attended the meeting.