On Sep.5, the Third Session of Dialogue Between Chinese and German Historical Cities was held in Trier, German. The Dialogue was co-hosted by CPAFFC together with Shaanxi People’s government, Rheinland-Pfalz State Government, Ministry of Science, Further Education and Culture of Rheinland-Pfalz, German Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (GDKE), Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher China-gesellschaften (ADCG, Federation of Germany-China Friendship Association). President of CPAFFC Madam Li Xiaolin, Governor of Shaanxi Province Mr. Liu Guozhong and Governor of Rheinland-Pfalz Madam Malu Dreyer sent congratulating letters respectively to the Dialogue.

Dr. Hu Sishe, Vice President of CPAFFC, Dr. Denis Alt, State Secretary of the Ministry of Science, Further Education and Culture of Rheinland-Pfalz, Mr. Ji Wenkui, Deputy Director General of Shaanxi Foreign Affairs Office,  Ms. Elvira Garbes, Vice Mayor of Trier, Mr. Qiang Xiaoan, Vice Mayor of Xi’an, Mr. Kurt Karst, President of ADCG, and Dr. Thomas Metz, Director General of GDKE and representatives from the Chinese Consulate General in Frankfurt attended the opening ceremony. 

Dr. Hu mentioned in his speech that we’ve held 2 successful dialogues since 2017 and the past two years witnessed higher level, more rich contents and more influence of the two Province / State. In the future, we will be more engaged in promoting exchanges and cooperation between China and Germany in the fields of protection of cultural heritage, tourism, music, innovation & entrepreneurship, and smart-city development. 

Dr. Denis Alt, State Secretary of the Ministry of Science, Further Education and Culture said in his speech that the cooperation between CPAFFC and Rheinland-Pfalz began with music exchanges and was then expanded to the fields cultural heritage, tourism, economy and so on. He looked back on cooperation between CPAFFC and Villa Musika,  series exhibition of Meeting China and other cooperation in the past. He expressed confidence in future bilateral cooperation.  

The Dialogue will be held between Sep.4 to 6 on the theme of innovation, heritage protection and city planning. During the dialogue, activities including China-Germany Innovation and entrepreneurship Dialogue, Sino-German Symposium on Historic and Cultural Heritage,   Symposium on Sino-German Urban Planning and Architecture. Besides these activities, the folk artists from Yulin will give performances in Trier, Mainz, and Wiesbaden.

Symposium on Sino-German Urban Planning and Architecture

Folk Art Performance and Paper-cutting Exhibition named Orchid Flower

Photographed by Sun Yajing