Invited by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Yu Chao, chairman of Changzhou People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CZPAFFC), and Du Jibin, director of Changzhou Municipal Foreign Affairs Office and vice chairman of CZPAFFC, attended the China International Friendship Conference in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of CPAFFC held on the afternoon of May 15.

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the conference and said friendship between peoples is a strength to promote world peace and development, as well as a precondition to realize win-win cooperation. Peoples in all countries should strengthen friendly exchanges and join hands in the face of a complicated international situation and severe global challenges. He called on the association to innovate and explore ways to allow for more people-to-people exchanges, and help build more sister cities and promote exchanges between localities.

The CPAFFC has established friendly cooperation with more than 500 non-governmental organizations in 157 countries, and helped the establishment of 2,106 sister cities and provinces between China and 133 nations.