CRFA’s New Leadership Elected

The China-Romania Friendship Association （CRFA） held a council meeting in the Peace Palace of the CPAFFC in Beijing on August 29. It heard the work report delivered by CRFA President Su Guang， adopted the Statutes of the China-Romania Friendship Association， and elected a new leadership and invited advisers and council members.

President Su Guang said： “The friendship between China and Romania dates back to ancient times. The friendly relations between the two countries remain unchanged and grows ever strong despite the vicissitudes of the international and Romania’s domestic political situation. It can be said that Romania is an all-weather friend of China.”

Reviewing the work in the past ten years， the outgoing President said the CRFA had made unremitting efforts to consolidate and develop friendship by carrying out exchanges of personnel and delegations to enhance mutual understanding and by building multilevel platforms to serve cooperation and economic development between the two countries.

In the next five years， the Associa- tion would continue to expand channels and enrich contents of exchange with Romania， and promote local communications to make greater contributions to the further growth of bilateral relations， he said.

The meeting elected a new CRFA leadership with Liu Guchang， Chairman of China Foundation for International Studies and former Vice Foreign Minister， as president； Wang Tieshan executive vice president； Lin Xuerong， Ding Chao， Liu Yanfeng and Luo Dongquan vice presidents； and Kang Jingyuan as secretary general.