On the afternoon of 5 December, President Li Xiaolin of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC) met with Mr Jacob Bundsgaard, Mayor of Aarhus and Vice President of Local Government Denmark, who visited China to attend the Inaugural China Denmark Regions and Cities Forum.

President Li Xiaolin welcomed the Local Government Denmark delegation led by Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard. She highlighted that the Forum was attended by 6 regions and cities from Denmark and over 30 provinces and cities from China, which manifested the strong willingness to cooperate between the two countries’ local governments. She hoped the Forum would add new content to the China-Denmark Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Mayor Bundsgaard said that Denmark valued local cooperation with China, and it would like to carry out practical cooperation with China through regions and cities and bring benefits to the two peoples. He looked forward to hosting the next Forum in Aarhus. 

Mr Hu Sishe, Vice Preisident of CPAFFC, Mr. Shen Xin and Ms. Zhang Ruoning, Deputy Director-Generals of the Department of European and Asian Affairs, were present at the meeting.