News in Brief——Highlights of CAFIUs international exchanges from August to early December

August: (1) From August 4-11, former Polish Premier Cimoszewicz visited China at CAFIU抯 invitation. Mr. Cimoszewicz was met with and entertained on different occasions by Mr. Wan Guoquan, CAFIU Vice-President and Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People抯 Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and by Mr. Cai Wu, Advisor to CAFIU and Vice-Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). T…     

Hands in Hands for Even Brighter Prospects of People-to-People Diplomacy——New Year Message

<正>In this dynamic and fresh season of spring when the flowers are in full blossom,on behalf of the Chinese Association for International Understanding(CAFIU),I'd like to extend cordial greetings and wishes to the readers of the International Understanding home and abroad and people from all walks of life for your longstanding attention and support for the work and development of CAFIU.     

Continuing with the Past and Opening up a New Chapter——CAFIU in 2014

正The work for the year is best begun in spring.In this dynamic season,I’d like to extend sincere greetings and wishes to the readers of the International Understanding both home and abroad and people of all walks of life for your long-time care and support for the work and development of the Chinese Association for International Understanding(CAFIU).     

Build a Nuclear Weapon-Free, Just and Peaceful World——My impression of 2005 World Conference against A ＆ H Bombs

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the early August haveclear and sunny days, with tree leaves losingtheir colors under the summer heat and cicadaschirping weakly in the shade of branches. On thesame warm days of August 6 and 9 of 1945, twoatomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima andNagasaki, taking the lives of more than two hun-dred thousand innocent people and leaving severalhundred thousand people with the serious afteref-fects of radiation till this day.2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the victor…     

Understanding·Friendship·Cooperation——Notes on the Visit of CAFIU Delegation to Britain,Ireland and Iceland

正At the invitation of the 48 Group Club of Britain,the Institute of InternationalEuropean Affairs(IIEA)of Ireland and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland,a six-member delegation led by Mr.Ai Ping,Member of the National Committee of CPPCC and CAFIU VicePresident visited Britain,Ireland and     

Friendship Brings People in Remote Countries Closer——CAFIU Delegation Visits Turkey and Sudan

正At the invitation of the Turkish-Chinese Friendship Foundation and the National Congress Party(NCP)of Sudan,a CAFIU delegation headed by Mme.Wang Zhizhen,Vice-Chairwoman of the11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Honorary Vice-President of CAFIU,visited the above mentioned two countries from May 7 to 14 and     

Pool Civil Wisdom to Assist Social Development——Sidelights of Civil Society 20 China

正Civil Society 20 China 2016(C20)was successfully convened in Qingdao on July 5th and 6th.Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of congratulations to the Conference.State Councilor Yang Jiechi attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.Sun Jiazheng,Vice-Chairman of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and President of China NGO     

Mutual Trust—Key to Sino-Japanese Amity

Drift marked China-Japan ties in most part of the 1990s, accompanied with wild swings. The last decade of the 20th century witnessed the commemoration of the 20th anniversary(1972-1992)of diplomatic normalization, the 50th anniversary(1945-1995)of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the furor over the "No War decision" in Japan, and the shock waves from the reorientation of Japan-U. S. relationship in 1996 and the revision of the guidelines     

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION—A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

Environmental issues, mainly the global warming, the ozone layer depletion,the acid rain, the air and water pollution, the desertification, and the loss ofbiodiversity--have caught attention of the entire human race. It is now universallyacknowledged that environmental protection is a political and social problem as wellas an economic one. It involves various sectors of the national economy and so hasan important bearing on sustainable economic and social development of all nations.     

Working Together For an Even Brighter Future of People-to-People Exchanges between China and Europe——Sidelights of a CAFIU Delegation's Visit to Germany,Hungary and Austria

正At the invitation of the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung of Germany,the World Bridge Foundation of Hungary,and the Austria-China Friendship Association,a delegation of the Chinese Association for International Understanding(CAFIU)headed by H.E.Mr.Qi Xuchun,Vice-Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and Vice-President of CAFIU paid friendly visits to Germany,Hungary and Austria.The delegation     

ON CHINA-US-JAPAN TRILATERAL RELATIONS——A Comment on Their Recent Exchanges of Top-level Visits

Aperiod of time between the golden autumn of 1997 and the flowery spring of1998 can be deemed as a "season of diplomacy" for the three Pacific-rimcountries of China, America and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister RyutaroHashimoto's visit to China in September 1997 and that to be made by PresidentJiang Zemin next year will go down as significant events in the diplomatic history of     

Striving to Build a Constructive and Cooperative Partnership with India——Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Establishing of Sine-Indian Relations

April 1, 2000 is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-Indiandiplomatic relations. At this important historical occasion, looking back atthe 50-year relationship between China and India and identifying the future de-velopment of their bilateral relations would be of great significance to promotingtheir good neighborhood and mutual trust and building a constructive and cooper-ative partnership between the two countries.     

Trans-Himalayas Friendship——CAFIU Delegation Headed by Deputy Secretary-General Liu Kaiyang Visits Bangladesh and Nepal

正At the invitation of the Bangladesh-China People's Friendship Association(BCPFA)and Nepal Council of World Affairs(NCWA),a four-member CAFIU delegation led by Deputy Secretary-General Liu Kaiyang visited the two countries from April 19th to 25th.During the visit,the delegation had extensive contacts with politicians,friendly NGO and people,heads of think-tanks of the two countries,expanding mutual understanding and deepening friendship.     

Interaction between ASEM and Regional Organizations In Asia-Pacific——Concurrently on the development of new regionalism

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the once quiet regionalism was on the upsurge again along with the disintegration of the bi-polar world structure and the advent of globalization. It has developed in a deep and multi-dimensional way and is hence called by academics "new regionalism". The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the 10 3 mechanism and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are all cooperation organizations born in this wave of new regionalism. These organizations, with East Asian     

A Pragmatic and Effective Journey——Sidelights on the Visit of the MEP Delegation

<正>At the invitation of CAFIU,a 6-member delegation of Members of European Parliament(MEP)led by Mr.István Ujhelyi,Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism(TRAN),and former Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly visited China on June 17-20,2015.In Beijing,Mr.Qi Xuchun,Vice-Chairman of the     

I Am a Great Believer in China Story——Keynote Speech at LSE SU China Development Forum 2014(Excerption)

正Today as Chairman of the 48Group and the author of the blog chinaglobalimpact.com,I am here with 62years of collected experience on China,40 years of it in my own work of commodities’trading with China,marketing their consumer goods in the UK and USA markets,and 30 years’experience of advising major global corporations on their China strategies.     

World Porcelain Capital Playing the Spring Overture——Notes on the Building of Jingdezhen City into the World Porcelain Capital

<正>Jingdezhen city lies in the Northeast of Jiangxi Province.It is located in the transitional area between the Huangshan-Huaiyushan mountain range and the Plain of Poyang Lake and is known as the historical"capital of porcelain"with a history of about 1000 years.It was listed as the four famous     

Competition and Cooperation——the under Constructing Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

<正>The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(the Bank)initiated by China is a multilateral financial institution with its sphere of business focused on promoting the infrastructure construction of member countries.The Bank has attracted wide range of interests and discussions both in China and from the abroad.As the Bank will put into     

To a Nuclear Weapons-Free World——A Chinese Perspective

A nuclear weapons-free world(NWFW) has been advocated and welcomed recently.However,the realization of a NWFW is quite difficult.The author believes that it is more realistic to build a nuclear weapons-free zone(NWFZ) than it is to build a NWFW,at least in the short term.She analyses the significance of NWFZs and issues confronting the existing zones and pointed out how to create more NWFZs.     

Sustainable Development and Green Olympics——3^rd UN-NGO-IRENE/Asia-Pacific Conference Opens in Beijing

The 3^rd Conference of the UN-NGO-Informal Regional Network/Asia-Pacific,sponsored by the China NGO Network for International Exchanges （CNIE） and the NGO Section of UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs （DESA）, was held in Beijing from April 28^th to 29^th 2008. The theme of the conference is ＂Sustainable Development and Green Olympics＂.