From Sep. 22 to 30, the 4th China-Germany-India Young Leaders’ Exchange Program, sponsored by Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC) and organized by Sichuan Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(SIFA), was successfully held in Chengdu.

Participants of this program included 7 Chinese students from Chengdu University，7 people from Germany State Sport Association in North Rhine Westphalia and an observer delegation of 2 members from National Youth Development Agency of South Africa (NYDA).(Delegation from India was unable to join the program due to some emergencies.) In the program, young people from China, Germany and South Africa learned about China's economic and social development, experienced local customs, and shared their thoughts about values on society, family and friends. They enhanced mutual understanding and developed friendship through topic discussions, Chinese traditional culture lessons, collective investigation tasks and sports activities. 

The China-Germany-India Young Leaders’ Exchange Program is co-sponsored by CPAFFC, State Sport Association in North Rhine Westphalia from Germany and Friends of China Association from India. It has been successfully held for 3 terms since 2009. Each term lasts for 3 years, within which relative exchange activities are organized once in China, Germany and India respectively.

Photographed by Liu Lu