Sunday Times 2
Sri Lanka China Society signs three MoUs with Chinese friendship associations
View(s):The China International Friendship Cities Conference was held at Wuhan in the Hubei Province in China recently. This conference was jointly hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the China International Friendship Cities Association and the Wuhan Municipal People’s Government.
Sri Lanka China Society Vice President Jinith de Silva (second from left) with Hu Sishe, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (third from left) in Wuhan
Jinith de Silva, Vice President of Sri Lanka China Society, participated in the conference, which drew around 800 local and foreign delegates. Mr. de Silva said the conference enabled him to meet representatives of similar organisations and exchange views.
During the conference, the Sri Lanka China Society signed three memorandums of understanding with the following Friendship Associations with the support of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Beijing:
The Henan Province People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Wuhan People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Hunan Province People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
Mr. de Silva says the MoUs will enable the Sri Lanka China Society to enhance twin city programmes, exchange of professionals, scholars, youth and schoolchildren.