On November 23th, Tang Jiaxuan, the president of China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA) and Li Xiaolin, the president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with Hiromasa Yonekura, Chairman of Japan Business Federation and his Party. Fu Ying, the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Jing Dunquan, the vice president of the CPAFFC, Nakamura Yoshio，Director General of Japan Business Federation and YOSHIMASA Takao, executive vice president of SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., LTD were present. Tang Jiaxuan highly praised Hiromasa’s distinguished contribution on promoting the development of the economic and trading relations between the two countries, and the great efforts Hiromasa had made when China-Japan relations facing the severe situation. He said, Hiromasa was totally worthy of the honorable title of China-Japan Friendship Ambassador.   Hiromasa appreciated the two presidents for setting time for the meeting out of their tight schedules. He said, in current severe situation, Japan Business Federation would stand with belief of friendship and overcome difficulties to work with the CPAFFC and CJFA, and persistently carry out people-to-people friendly exchanges for volunteers and youths of the two countries, aiming for pushing the mutual relation back to normal sooner.    

On Nov.20th ,2012, CPAFFC president Li Xiaolin met with Flexa Ribeiro, Chairman of Brazil-China Friendship Group of the Brazilian Senate, and his party. President Li Xiaolin gave her warm welcome to Flexa Ribeiro for his visit in China. She said, both China and Brazil were members of BRICS and the biggest developing countries in Eastern and Western Hemisphere . At present, China-Brazil relations were developing fast and comprehensively. The friendly contact between the two countries was closer day by day. In their meeting, President Li Xiaolin introduced CPAFFC’s program BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Governments Cooperation Forum. She said, the friendship between China and Brazil should be based on the peoples. The in-depth development of China-Brazil friendship would contribute to promoting the contact of local authorities between the two countries, furthering the exchanges in city cooperation and culture, and providing an effective platform for the contact of the two countries. She also wished Brazil-China Friendship Group could make outstanding contribution in fields of establishing friendship cities and cooperation for local governments. Flexa Ribeiro thanked President Li Xiaolin for setting time for the meeting. He said, China-Brazil relation was at the best period of history. He hoped the two countries to strengthen the pragmatic cooperation in parliament, education and economy. He also invited President Li Xiaolin to attend the Commemorative Event Celebrating 200th Anniversary of Ethnic Chinese People Migrating to Brazil to be held by the Brazilian Parliament on Dec.10th , this year.  

On November 5, President Li Xiaolin of the CPAFFC met with DeWayne Hopkins, the mayor of Muscatine city, Iowa state. The two sides exchanged ideas on the relevant arrangements of holding commemorative activities for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of friendship-province/state relations between Iowa state and Hebei province, and the issues on establishing friendship cities between Muscatine and Zhengding, Hebei Province. DeWayne Hopkins would also lead a delegation to visit Hebei, Zhejiang and Shanghai to discuss with the Chinese counterparts about strengthening exchanges and cooperation in fields of economy, trade and education.

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.

President Li Xiaolin met with Mr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, President of Bangladesh-China Friendship Association (BCFA) on 19th October. Mr. Hussain introduced current development and activities of BCFA to president Li, expressing the willingness to cooperate with our association to organize activities conducive to friendship development between peoples of both countries. Mr. Hussain also recalled plesantly the almost 30 years history of exchanges and communications betweent the two organizations.   President Li thanked Mr. Hussain for his long-time and enthusiastic support to China-Bangladesh friendship and praised him as our true old and good friend, hoping that the close contact between our association and the BCFA, led by Mr, Huassain, could be maintained to promote the development of China-Bangladesh friendship together.  As a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Mr. Hussain visited China accompanying Madam Khaleda Zia, Chairperson of the Party this time.

President Li Xiaolin met with Mr.S. Jaishankar, ambassador of the Republic of India on 19th October 2012. H.E. Mr.S. Jaishankar thanked President Li Xiaolin for meeting him regardless of her tight schedule. To enhance mutual understanding between China and India, ambassador Jaishankar expressed his willingness to strengthen the cooperation on education and tourism between two sides. President Li indicated that both China and India were neighbouring countries with ancient civilization and large population. It''''''''s essential to develop our bilateral relations in terms of people-to-people communication. The development of exchanges and communications between local governments of both countries would set up effective platforms in this regard. President Li introduced the "BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Governments Cooperation Forum" to H.E. Mr. Jaishankar, hoping that Indian Embassy could play an active role to make the forum to be held successfully in India early next year and facilitate the intertwining of the first sister city between China and India. H.E. Mr.S. Jaishankar expressed that he would follow the progress of the forum actively and provide support to make the forum a smooth and successful one.

Madam Li Xiaolin, President of the Chinese People’s Association For Friendship With Foreign Countries (CPAFEC), led the 7th Delegation of “Say As It Is”, composed of entrepreneurs, to pay a visit to the United States in early August. Madam Li Xiaolin and the delegation held meetings with several Congressmen of the United States to introduce the current development and future direction of private economy, cultural industry and overseas investment and to explore opportunities of cooperation on the relevant areas.  

U.S. New England Governor’s Conference Madam Li Xiaolin, President of the Chinese People’s Association For Friendship With Foreign Countries (CPAFEC), and Mr. Liu Guozhong, Executive Vice Governor of Heilongjiang Province, attended the annual meeting of U.S. New England Governors’ Conference (NEGC) held in Burlington, Vermont on July 29-30, 2012. The two sides explored opportunities for cooperation on the areas of trade, investment, agriculture, animal husbandry, education and tourism between China and the U.S. New England states. Madam Li Xiaolin expressed that the Chinese government attaches great importance to the Sino-U.S. local government cooperation and hopes to actively promote the pragmatic exchanges and cooperation between China and the U.S. New England states under the mechanism of China-U.S. Governors Forum. In the general session of NEGC’s annual meeting, Vice Governor Liu Guozhong gave an introduction of Heilongjiang Province’s economic and social development to all the delegates present and he expressed the willingness to further deepen the cooperation between Heilongjiang Province and the U.S. New England states. Madam Li Xiaolin Present at Business Meeting Mr. Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont, Mr. Dannel P. Malloy, Governor of Connecticut, Mr. Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island, Mr. Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts and the representatives from the U.S. Embassy in China and the U.S. Department of State attended the meeting. They warmly welcomed the Chinese delegation and stated that China’s participation is beneficial to the enhancement of mutual understanding between the New England states and China, especially Heilongjiang Province, and thus beneficial to further promote the bilateral exchanges and cooperation at the local government level. Madam Li Xiaolin Meeting with Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont During the meeting, Madam Li Xiaolin and Vice Governor Liu Guozhong conducted one-on-one discussion with the four U.S. Governors mentioned above to explore the opportunities of future cooperation. The Chinese delegation also attended the High-Level Policy and Business Meeting together with Vermont state government officials of trade, agriculture, education and environmental protection to learn Vermont’s policy in the above areas and to identify opportunities of cooperation with China. Both sides agreed to strengthen exchanges and visits, and to expand the areas of cooperation in the future.

Meeting with Guo Shengkun, the Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi  In the morning of July 18, Li Xiaolin, the President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries attended and addressed the The 2012 Guangxi International Friendship Cities Conference. During the conference, President Li Xiaolin had a thorough discussion with Guo Shengkun, the Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on developing works of international friendship cities.

Co-hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Foundation for Globalization Cooperation and Harvard Kennedy School, the fourth Globalization Forum, also known as Harvard Forum was held at Harvard University from June 18th to 20th, 2012. Up to 100 government officials, entrepreneurs, experts and scholars from China and the United States gathered together and had candid and thorough exchanges of views on topics of energy and resource governance, global economy governance, decision-making, culture and soft power in a global world etc. Mme. Li Xiaolin, president of CPAFFC co-chaired the forum and delivered a speech on culture and soft power.