VISITTOCHINABYSECRETARYGENERALOFGERMANFRIED RICH-EBERTFOUNDATIONbyLiJianAttheinvitation ofCAFIU,Dr.JurgenBurckhardt,SecretaryGenera loftheGermanFriedrich-EbertFoundation,toge therwiththeFoundation’sExecutiveinchargeofC hineseprojectsMr.DieterSchnider,visitedChin afromSeptember21to23,1997.Mr.WuXueqian,Vice -ChairmanoftheChinesePeople’sPoliticalConsu ltativeConference(CPPCC)andPresidentofCAFI U,Mme.YuWen,VicePresidentofCAFIU,Mr.LiuJin gqin,Vice-HeadoftheInternationalDepartmento fCPC,metwithandheldbanquetsrespectivelyinho noroftheguests.Prof.WuXingtang,SecretaryGen eralofCAFIU,heldworkingtalkswiththem.Sincet heestablishmentoftieswithCAFIUin1982,theFri edrich-EbertFoundationhasdoneagreatdealofwo rkforpromotingmutualunderstandingandexchang esandbilateralcoperation.Dr.Burckhardthasvi sitedChinainpersonmanytimes,andhasalreadyb ecomeanoldfriendoftheChinesepeople.Secretar yGeneralBurckhardtsaidhehadthehonorofmeetin gwiththelateMr.DengXiaopingwhenhevisitedCh inain1973andhadalalongcherisheddeprespectfo rhim.Thetheoryof”buildsocialismwithChinesec haracteristics”initiatedbyMr.Denghasbeenwri teninto”theConstitutionoftheCommunistPartyo fChina”andhasbecomeitsguidingthought.OfDeng ’stheories,theprincipleof“sekingtruthfromfa cts”inparticular,haswongeneralapprovalinGer many.TalkingabouttherecentlyconcludedCPC15t hNationalCongres,Dr.Burckhardtnotedthatthe Friedrich-EbertFoundationatachesgreatatenti ontothegrandcros-the-centuryblueprintforChi na,whichwasdrawnbytherecentCPCNationalCongr es.HebelievedthatundertheleadershipoftheChi neseCommunistParty,theChinesepeoplewouldce rtainlymarchonalongthelinelaiddownbythe15th CPCNationalCongres,andthefutureofChinawould thereforebemuchmorebrilliant.Themainpurpos eofSecretaryGeneralDr.Burckhardt’svisitwas topresideovertheshiftceremonyofFriedrich-Eb ertFoundation’sresidentrepresentativesinBei jingandpushforwardthefriendlyrelationsbetwe enFriedrich-EbertFoundationandmajorChinesed epartmentsincooperation.Hepointedoutthatth ecooperationbetwentheFriedrich-EbertFoundat ionandCAFIU,wasestablishedonthebasisofmutua lunderstandingandmutualtrust,andhadstoodthe testmanyyears.Inconsequence,wewerenowgreti nganeweraofdevelopmentofrelationsbetwenthet woorganizations.Now,alourcooperationprogram swerebeingcariedout,themainmanifestationbei ngtheincreaseofhigh-levelexchanges,substant iationofcontentsanddiversificationinforms.T heFriedrich-EbertFoundationholdsthattheexis tenceanddevelopmentofnon-governmentalexchan gesareadiplomaticrequirementoftoday’sworld, bywayofwhichamoreobjectiveunderstandingofag ivencountry’ssituationcouldbegained.Thiswa stheuniqueadvantagebothourtwoorganizationse njoyed,whichoughttobemadefuluseofforthefrie ndshipbetwenourtwopeoplesfromgenerationtoge neration.Dr.Burckhardtalsohighlyevaluatedt hefruitfulacomplishmentsfulfiledinthepastfi veyearsbyMr.Schmacher,thechiefresidentrepre sentativeofhisFoundationinBeijing,andextend edgodwishestohissucesorMr.Reddies.Secretary GeneralWuXingtangcommentedthatadheringtoit sprincipleofpromotingmutualunderstandingand friendlycoperationwithdiferentnations,theFr iedrich-EbertFoundationhadengageditselfinhi ghlyefectivecoperationinvariousformswithqui teafewdepartmentsinChina.Therebytheunderst andingbetweentheGermanandChinesepeopleswasb oostedwhilehealthystaterelationswasfurtherd eveloped.OnbehalfofCAFIU,healsoexpresedsinc ereappreciationtotheoutgoingMr.&Mrs.Schmah er,sayingMr.Schamherwasanoldfriendofours,wh o,inthecourseofhis5years’serviceinBeijing,w orkedwithCAFIUandotherdepartmentsincoperati onnotwithoutpleasure.Hepenedupnewareasofcoo perationandachievedobviousprogres.Dr.Burckh ardt’svisittoChinadidnotonlyservetodepenmut ualunderstandingbutcementthefriendshipbetwenFriedrich-EbertFoundationandCAFIU.Thecooperationofthetwoorganizationshasusheredinanewspring.(translatedbyLiJianVISIT TO CHINA BY SECRETARY GENERAL OF GERMAN FRIEDRICH-EBERT FOUNDATIONishedonthebasisofmutualunderstandi ngandmutualtrust,andhadstoodthetestmanyyear s.Inconsequence,wewerenowgretinganeweraofd evelopmentofrelationsbetwenthetwoorganizations.Now,alourcooperationprogram
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