At the invitation of World Leadership Alliance and Liga da Multissecular Amizade Portugal-China, Mme. Li Xiaolin, President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), led a delegation to visit Spain and Portugal from March 7 to 13, 2019.

During in Spain, President Li Xiaolin met respectively with Mrs. María Agüero, Secretary General of World Leadership Alliance, Mr. Juan Lladó, President of Spain-China Council Foundation, Mrs. Ana Sálomon, Director General for Asia and the Pacific, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European union and Cooperation, Mr. Manuel Valencia, Vice President of Técnicas Reunidas International, ex Ambassador of Spain to China. Mr. Lv Fan, Chinese Ambassador to Spain, accompanied part of the meetings.

Mrs. María Agüero, Secretary General of World Leadership Alliance said, “2018 Imperial Springs International Forum” was held successfully last December. Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing with foreign guests who attended the forum. This forum played an active role in promoting the friendly exchange between China and other countries, which achieved remarkable results.

President Li Xiaolin said, CPAFFC had been attaching great importance to the cooperation with World Leadership Alliance. We are very happy to see more and more personages from all walks of life including former politicians, well-known experts and scholars, leaders from business circles give advice on the development of China and international hot issues.

Mr. Juan Lladó, President of Spain-China Council Foundation, spoke highly of the contributions CPAFFC had made for a long time to the development of the China-Spain Forum.

President Li Xiaolin expressed, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Spain successfully at the end of November last year, which made great achievements and opened a new chapter in the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Spain. CPAFFC would continue promoting the exchanges and cooperation with Spain in various fields and would actively help to organize the Ninth Session of the China-Spain Forum in China this year.

During in Portugal, President Li Xiaolin met respectively with Mr. Eurico Dias, Secretary of State for Internationalisation Affairs of Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Mendes, Vice Secretary General of Portuguese Socialist Party，Mr. José Luis Pinto Ramalho, President of Liga da Multissecular Amizade Portugal-China. Mr. Cai Run, Chinese Ambassador to Portugal accompanied part of meetings.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Portugal, and the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. Both sides spoke highly of the development of Sino-Portuguese relations and had an in-depth discussion on topics including how to further strengthen the exchanges and cooperation in the fields of humanity and culture as well as local governments of the two countries, and commonly promote people-to-people connectivity under the framework of the Belt and Road. They also exchanged views on cooperation plans of both sides in the future.