The Board of Directors of the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries was established

Original Comprehensive work department Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries 2023-11-01 18:47 Published onYunnan

On October 31, the first plenary meeting of the first council of the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (hereinafter referred to as the Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries) was held in Kunming.Yan Dong, Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Zeng Yan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Propaganda Department, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.About 150 people from provincial party and government agencies, mass organizations, institutions, hospitals, universities, enterprises, social organizations, as well as representatives from various states and cities’ CPAFFC attended the meeting.The meeting received a total of congratulatory letters from 30 provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities) CPAFFC and 19 foreign friendship organizations.

Yang Mu, director of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office and president of the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, delivered a report on the work of the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in the past five years to the conference.Luo Jing, Director of the Fourth Cadre Division of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, read out the relevant approval documents of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Council of the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and explained the arrangements for the leadership candidates of the first council.The meeting reviewed and approved the "Articles of Association of the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries" and the list of directors consisting of 89 unit directors and 16 individual directors. Appointment certificates were issued to Yang Haitao, Luo Jiang, Du Jianmin, Jin Feibao and other specially invited directors as well as representatives of each governing unit. , elected Yang Mu as the president of the first council, Wang Yu as the full-time vice president, Mou Hongcao, Xu Sisi, Cui Wen, Wan Yanjuan, Hou Sheng, Yan Ming, Hu Liangbo as vice presidents, and Peng Shaoyun as the secretary-general.

On behalf of the CPAFFC, Yan Dong congratulated the convening of the meeting and the leadership team of the first council.He said that the Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries has focused on overall planning, planning, and brand creation, and has carried out in-depth people-to-people diplomacy work based on South and Southeast Asia, with remarkable results.The CPAFFC is willing to work with the Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries to serve the country’s overall diplomacy and economic and social development, and write a new chapter in people-to-people diplomacy in the new journey of comprehensively building a modern and powerful socialist country.

Zeng Yan said in her speech that the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government attach great importance to people-to-people diplomacy, and are the first in the country to introduce people-to-people diplomacy system measures and strengthen the institutional and mechanism construction of the province's Friendship Association system.The establishment of the Provincial Council for Friendship with Foreign Countries will effectively expand the platform and coverage, better gather the strength of all parties, jointly carry out non-governmental diplomacy, and make new and greater contributions to the province's opening up to the outside world and economic and social development.

When the elected president Yang Mu made a speech, he said that standing at a new starting point, he is fully aware of the glorious mission and great responsibility. He will adhere to political leadership, give full play to his unique advantages, take the initiative to innovate, unite all governing units, and focus on strengthening internal construction and building Platforms, channels, and efforts will be made to promote integration and mutual learning to promote greater achievements in Yunnan’s people-to-people diplomacy.

Xu Sisi, deputy secretary of the Youth League Provincial Committee and unit director representative, said in his speech that the Youth League Provincial Committee will effectively play its role as a governing unit, actively integrate resources, boldly innovate and explore, and promote youth foreign affairs work from one-way fragmentation to multi-directional integration, and from friendly exchanges To comprehensively upgrade the radiation influence, we strive to create a number of youth foreign affairs work brands that are based on Yunnan’s reality and have broad influence.