President Li Xiaolin held a meeting with Winnie Greco, president of Sino America New York Brooklyn Archway Association, on May 16th.

President Li Xiaolin welcomed President Winnie Greco to visit   the CPAFFC. She said that the CPAFFC has been committed to promoting the people-to-people friendship between China and other countries. It is a pleasure to learn that the "Chinatown" archway will be set up in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. She also appreciates the positive efforts made by President Winnie Greco to promote the exchanges between Brooklyn Borough and China.

President Winnie Greco said that the people-to-people friendship serves as a foundation and prerequisites for the sound and stable development of U.S.-China relations. The construction of the "Chinatown" archway donated by the Chaoyang District of Beijing is scheduled to start in October this year. On the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, the construction of this archway is of great significance and we hope to receive the support from the CPAFFC.

Xie Yuan, vice president of the CPAFFC, and Zhang Heqiang, director general of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of the CPAFFC, were present at the meeting.

Photographed by Liu Yi