Highlights of CAFIU＇s International Exchanges （From December 2003 to February 2004）

(1) Dec. 2-10, invited by CAFIU, Chief Editor of the magazine Continent of Kazakhstan Mr. Sultan Akimbekov accompanied by other two persons visited China. In Beijing, CAFIU advisor and Vice Minister of International Department of CPC Central Committee (IDCPCCC) Mr. Cai Wu met with and entertained the guests.     

Present Condition,Problems and Prospects of East Asian Regional Cooperation

Inrecentyears熏withthespeeding-upofeconomicglobalizationandregionalintegration熏countriesinEastAsia熏takingintoconsiderationeconomicre鄄turnsandnationalsecurity熏haveactivelyconductedmultilateraldialogueandcooperationinsuchareasaspolitics熏economyandsecurityinapragmaticmanner.Regionalcooperationhasbeenintheas鄄cendant.Furtherstrengthenedandincreasinglyin鄄tensifiedregionalcooperationinEastAsiaisnotonlyconducivetopeace熏stabilityandprosperityinthisregion熏butalsowillhaveafar-reachingbear鄄ingo…     

Develop Sino-Japanese Friendship and Promote Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World（Address by Council Member Zhang Zhiming at the 53^rd Annual Meeting of Japan-China Friendship Association on May 22）

MycolleaguesandIfeelverypleasedtohavethisopportunitytoattendthe53rdannualmeetingofJapan-ChinaFriendshipAssociationinOsakaheretoday.WesincerelythankourJapanesefriendsforyourhospitalityandmeticulousarrangement.IfeelverygladtovisitJapanagainafter16yearssincemyfirstvisit.Overthepast30yearssincenormalizationofdiplomatictiesbetweenChinaandJapanontheprinciplesdefinedin″Sino-JapaneseJointStatement″″Sino-JapaneseTreatyofPeaceandFriendship″and″Sino-JapaneseJointDeclaration″bilateralrelati…     

Impression about the visit in America

AttheinvitationoftheAsiaFoundationoftheUnit鄄edStates,CAFIU'sthree-memberteamheadedbySecretary-GeneralXuJianguopaidavisittoU.S.from4-11November熏2003.ArrangedbytheAmer鄄icanside熏thedelegationengagedintheextensivecontactswiththeAsiaFoundation,theWorldAf鄄fairsCouncil熏UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley熏UnitedNationsAssociationoftheUSA,CouncilonForeignRelations熏EastAsianInstituteoftheColumbiaUniversity,″Newsday″EditorialDepart鄄ment熏SisterCitiesProgramofthecityofNewYork,Ame…     

A Grand Rally

From January 26 to 31,2005,the 5th World Social Forum (WSF) was held in Port of Alegre of Brazil.As a member of the Chinese Association for Inter-national Understanding (CAFIU ), I attended this grand meeting.The 5th WSF hit a new record in terms of scale.Ac-cording to statistics, about 150,000 people from over 6,500 organizations of more than 130 coun-tries participated in the Forum .Besides,nearly 3,500 journalists from over 60 countries reported on the Forum .During the Forum ,th…     

Impressions on Finland

AttheinvitationoftheFinnishNationalFundforResearchandDevelopmentSitraaCAFIUdelega-tionledbyJiangZhenghuaVice-ChairmanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongressNPCandVice-PresidentoftheChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstandingCAFI-UpaidfriendlyvisittoFinlandfromMay15to21.WiththemeticulousarrangementbyourhostthedelegationhadaquitethoroughstudyonsuchareasasFinnishenvironmentalprotectionenergypoli-ciespoliciesontechnologyanddevelopmentofhightechnologydevelopmentofinfor…     

Silver Lining in Changing International Situation——An overall review of international situation in 2003

Theyear2003witnessedastillcomplicatedinter鄄nationalsituationinwhichtheprocessoftransitionfromanoldpatterntoanewpatternandfromanoldordertoaneworderwasconspicuouslydifficultandtortuous.Wecouldsaythat″onetheme″熏″twomainscourges″熏″threepostures″熏″fourtrends″and″fivehot-spots″constitutethemainfeaturesofthedevel鄄opmentandchangeoftheworldsituationinthepastyear.However熏thetendencyandprospectofthefu鄄tureinternationalrelationsstillremainunknown.Oneunchangedtheme.Inearly1980s熏ComradeDe…