September 18th, 2018 | Published in CCFSO by Robert Decher
Upon the invitation of the China People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, as the Co-president of the Ottawa Chapter and a Board Member of the Federation of Canada-China Friendship Associations (FCCFA), I had the privilege and pleasure to co-lead a delegation of representatives from 4 of the 6 chapters of the FCCFA together with the FCCFA President, Michael Copeland, to attend the 8th International Friendship Forum in Hainan, China in November, 2018. This year, we have three representatives from Ottawa, three from Victoria, two from Calgary, and one from Toronto in our Canadian delegation.
The theme of the Forum is “Building Maritime Silk Road, Promoting Common Development”. I also had the opportunity to moderate one of the panel discussions at the Forum on the topic of: “Enhancing Youth Exchanges to Lay a Solid Foundation for Friendship”. Overall, the Forum is a tremendous success.
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The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship Association with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) will host the 8th Friendship Forum in Haikou City, Hainan Province from November 22nd to November 24th this year. The theme of the Friendship Forum is “Building Maritime Silkroad, Promoting Common Development“. As you may recall, the Maritime Silkroad is the Belt Road Initiative of which CCFS Ottawa has organized and hosted a panel discussion earlier this year. In this China mission, CPAFFC will also arrange visits to some other cities within the Hainan Province from November 25th to November 26th after the Friendship Forum to help delegates learn more about Hainan and its development over the past 40 years.
CPAFFC has extended an invitation to the Federation of Canada China Friendship Associations (FCCFA) to join this mission. In response, FCCFA will send a Canadian delegation of up to 10 members, representing the six Canada China Friendship Society chapters in this mission. Each Canada-China Friendship Society chapter will be allocated 1 or 2 delegates based on the 2018 FCCFA tour guidelines.
Michael Copeland (from Toronto Chapter) and Amelia Choi (from Ottawa Chapter) are the Team Leader and the Deputy Team Leader of this mission.
Best regards,
Amelia Choi
Co-President
Canada China Friendship Society, Ottawa