the opening ceremony

According to the content of 2010-2012 Action Plan of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum and the declaration at the closing ceremony of 3rd China-Arab Friendship Conference which held in 2010, in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya, 4th China-Arab Friendship Conference sponsored by The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), China-Arab Friendship Association (CAFA), League of Arab States (LAS), organized by the people’s government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was held in Yinchuan, the capital city of Ningxia, from Sept. 13 to 14, 2012. This year’s conference took Promoting Cooperation with Friendship, Exploring Development with Exchange as the theme. All circles paid great attention to the conference, and it achieved a great success.

Before the opening ceremony, Li Keqiang, the Vice Premier of China, met with the heads of delegations of the Arab friendship organizations. CAFA vice presidents Yang Fuchang, Feng Zuoku, Wu Sike, Liu Zhiming and part of the council members, Abd Al-salam Al-majali, the former prime minister of Jordan, the Federation of Arab-China Friendship Associations (FACFA), LAS, 17 friendship-to-China organizations’ delegations of Arab states, part of the Arab envoys in China, Wang Zhengwei, Chairman of government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, responsible members of the departments concerned of Ningxia, representatives from enterprises and medias, more than 100 people were present at the opening ceremony. Chen Jianguo, Vice President of China-Arab Friendship Association, Abd Al-salam Al-majali, the former prime minister of Jordan, Wang Zhengwei, Chairman of government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ahmed Abdlhman, the secretary-general of FACFA, Adel Elhamasi addressed the opening ceremony. Ambassador Wu Chunhua from Office of Forum of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Ahmed Hafez, Beijing Office Agent of LAS, respectively read the congratulatory letter from the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Nabil el-Araby, the secretary-general of LAS.

       Ambassador Wu Chunhua Reading Yang Jiechi, the Chinese foreign minister’s congratulatory letter

       Wang Zhengwei, the president of Ningxia addressing the opening ceremony

      Abdlhman, the secretary-general of FACFA addressing the opening ceremony 

2 plenary sessions were held during the conference. Hu Jianhuai, the secretary-general of CAFA and Ahmed Abdlhman, the secretary-general of FACFA made the reports respectively on the work of the both sides had made in the last two years. The representatives made speeches on how to strengthen the way of China-Arab friendly exchange and promoting the development of China-Arab relation under the new situation, how to further deepen and consolidate the mechanism and enrich the content of the conference. At the closing ceremony, CAFA vice president Yang Fu Chang and FACFA secretary-general Ahmed Abdlhman made the speeches respectively. The Declaration of 4th China-Arab Friendship Conference and 2012-2014 Action Plan of China-Arab Exchanges were decided at the conference.

      CPAFFC vice-president Feng Zuoku accepting an interview

During the break of the conference, the Arab representatives participated in the opening ceremony of China-Arab Economic and Trading Forum and its summit meeting, and watched theatrical performance held by the government of Ningxia for the forum, as well as visited to Ningxia Hui Nationality Cultural Palace and Sand Lake Scenic Area in Ningxia.

      CAFA vice president Yang Fuchang, making a conculsive speech at the closing ceremony

      CAFA & FACFA signing cooperation agreement

      CAFA and new-found Kuwait China Friendship Association achived a cooperation agreement