A New Field for People-to-People Friendship——Representing China, the CPAFFC Joins IULA

In the hotel Fira Palace in Bar-celona, Spain, at 18:00 hourson March 20, 1999, a meeting ofthe Executive Committee of theInternational Union of Local Au-thorities (IULA) was in session."It is an important day todayfor IULA, for every one of uspresent, and especially for China.We are very happy to have cometo Barcelona to complete the for-malities for China's joining theIULA and feel honoured to be-