President Li Xiaolin meeting with His Honorable Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand
President Li briefed that at the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, the Mechanism of New Zealand China Mayoral Forum was launched in November 2014. In 2015, CPAFFC successfully hosted the 1st New Zealand China Mayoral Forum in Xiamen and 25 mayors from both China and New Zealand were present at the Forum, which greatly strengthened cooperative relations of local governments of the two countries. The “Tripartite Economic Alliance” started a new model of practical cooperation between local govenments.
Prime Minister John Key spoke highly of the achievement in the exchange and cooperation of local governments between the two sides. He expressed his appreciation for CPAFFC’s active promotion of the work of friendship cities and believed the “Tripartite Economic Alliance” would bring concrete benefits to the development of the three cities.
President Li delivering her speech at the summit opening ceremony
At the opening ceremony, President Li Xiaolin extended her warm congratulations to the convening of the summit. She pointed out the Chinese govenment encouraged to carry out regional cooperation between cities, both domestic and international. The “Tripartite Economic Alliance” was a very successful case in terms of friendship cities cooperation.
President Li meeting with Mayor Brown of Auckland
During the visit, President Li respectively met with Mayor Brown of Auckland, Mayor Garcetti of Los Angeles, Executive Director Draper of Asia New Zealand Foundation and Principal Policy Advisor Shackleton of Local Government New Zealand. President Li also attended the welcoming receptions hosted by Mayor Brown as well as Consul General Melanie Higgins of US to Auckland.
President Li meeting with Mayor Garcetti of Los Angeles
More than 700 people including H.E.Chinese ambassador Wang lutong to New Zealand, Chinese Consul General Xu Erwen to NZ, H.E.US ambassador Gilbert to NZ, NZ Consul General Rebecca Needham to Guangzhou, NZ Consul General Grice to LA and delegations from the three cities in areas of economy and trade, science and technology and media attended the summit.
