On Oct.26,2012,Madam Li Xiaolin,President of the Chinese People’s Association For Friendship With Foreign Countries(CPAFFC) attended the opening ceremony of 2012 USCPFA Western Region Conference and presented a keynote speech.President Li said that USCPFA played a positive role in promoting the friendship between Chinese and American people and was an important bridge of communication and cooperation between the two sides.CPAFFC hopes to strengthen the cooperation with USCPFA and its west chapter to make new contributions to the Sino-US friendship.President Li Xiaolin introduced the main activities that CPAFFC had carried out in strengthening Chinese and American people-to-people friendship and local government cooperation this year.The Chinese entrepreneurs accompanying President Li also made speech in the opening ceremony and expressed their willingness to strengthen the economic and trade cooperation with the US business sector.Mr. Qiu Shaofang,Chinese Consul General in LosAngeles,Ms. Zhao Meixin(Judy Chu),US Congresswoman,Mr. Wu Guoqing,California Congressman,Ms. Diana Greer,President of USCPFA,Ms. Frances Goo,President of USCPFA western chapter,also attended the opening ceremony and made speeches.

During the visit to the U.S.,President Li Xiaolin met Mr. Jack Markell,President of the National Governors Association(NGA)and Governor of Delaware,Mr. Neil Abercrombie,Governor of Hawaii,Mr. Vincent Gray,Mayor of Washington D.C.,and Mr. Dan Crippen ,Executive Director of National Governors Association.President Li Xiaolin also had a telephone conversation with Mr. Reta Lewis,Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs of U.S. Department of state to disscuss the Sino-US local government cooperation and the arrangement of the second China-U.S. Governors Forum.