Internal working platform of Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

On January 25, Wang Yu, full-time vice president of the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, held a working discussion with Chen Guangjun, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and vice president of the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, who came to Yunnan for investigation.

Wang Yu welcomed the visit of the Guangdong Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Coordination Research Group, and introduced that the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries has strengthened its institutional construction, focusing on serving the country's overall diplomacy, the province's opening up and economic and social development, linking the province's non-governmental diplomacy entities, and pragmatically promoting international sister city cooperation , building a brand of people-to-people diplomacy and other work situations.She said that Guangdong is a pioneer area in the country's opening up to the outside world, and the successful experience and advanced practices of the friendship city work of the Friendship Association are worth learning from Yunnan. She hopes that the two places will establish a long-term exchange and cooperation mechanism, build a resource co-construction and sharing platform, and jointly promote non-governmental exchanges and cooperation with foreign countries.

Chen Guangjun introduced the Guangdong Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries’ institutional setup, board operations, coordinating non-governmental diplomacy and international sister cities.He said that Yunnan has done a good job in the top-level design of people-to-people diplomacy at a high level, actively mobilized all parties to promote people-to-people diplomacy and international sister-city work in an all-round way, and achieved remarkable results and numerous highlights in carrying out people-to-people diplomacy and international sister-city work with South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. It is hoped that the two sides will strengthen exchanges, draw on each other's strength, and cooperate closely to continuously promote the friendship and friendship city work in the region to achieve new achievements.

The Secretary-General of the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the relevant person in charge of the Secretariat of the Provincial Party Committee Foreign Affairs Office introduced the relevant work respectively.