March（１）OnMarch６，CAFIUVice－PresidentLiChengr enmetwithandhostedadinnerinhonorofMr．TariTo lvanen，person－in－chargeoftheFinnishNational FundforResearchandDevelop－ment．（２）CAFIUVice －PresidentLiBeihai，asasked，metwithCubanamba ssadorAlbertoRo－driguezArufetothePeople＇sRe －publicofChina，whodeliveredtoLitheinvitatio nletterfromChairmanRichardoAlarconoftheCuba nNationalAssemblyofPeople＇sPower．Theletteri nvitedCAFIUPresidentLiGuixiantovisitCuba．（３ ）InvitedbytheAmalOr－ganizationforSocialDeve lopmentofAlgeria，a４－persongroupheadedbyCoun cilMemberSongQingcaiattendedtheNon－Gov－ernm entalOrganizationMeetingonSustainableDevelo pmentofSouthernCountriesheldinAlge－riafromM arch１６to１７．（４）CAFIUVice－PresidentLiuDeyouen tertainedthevisit－inggroupheadedbyMakiedaMo tofumi，CouncilMemberofChina－JapanTechnician Ex－changeCenter，onMarch１８．（５）Attheinvitatio nofCAFIU，a１０－persondelegationledbyMr．JoseBl andonfigueroa，ChairmanofthePanamanianrul－in gpartyArnulfistavisitedChinafromMarch２２to３０ ．LuoHaocai，Vice－ChairmanoftheChinesePeople＇ sPoliticalConsultativeConference（CPPCC）andC AFIUAdviser，metwithandentertainedthedelegat ionwithCAFIUVice－PresidentLiBeihai＇spresenc e．CAFIUAdviserandVice－Minis－teroftheInterna tionalDepart－mentoftheCPCCentralCommit－tee（ IDCPC）ZhangZhijunmetwiththedelegationandhos tedadinnerinitshonor．Thedelega－tioncalledon theMinistryofForeignAffairs，theMinistryofFo reignTradeandEconomicCo－operationandtheFore ignAffairsCommitteeoftheNationalPeo－ple＇sCo ngress（NPC）．BesidesBeijing，thedelegationals otouredDalianandShanghai．（６）OnMarch２４，CAFIU CouncilMemberLiuChienter－tainedJapanesefrie ndAshisawaMisakoandhercolleague．（７）Attheinv itationofCAFIU，a２－persongroupofanAustralian RotaryClubledbyMr．BornKollbergvisitedChinaf romMarch２５toApril６．Themainpurposeofthevisit wastocheck，acceptandcuttheribbonfortheirpov erty－alleviatingpro－jectinBinxianCounty，Sha anxiProvince，andconductaninvesti－gationands etupnewprojectsoneducationandwaterresources in２００２．LaterthegroupalsomovedonwithatriptoC hengdeinHebeiProvinceandXinglong．（８）FromMar ch２９toApril４，adelegationcomprising１２In－dian friendlypersonagesheadedbyExecutiveChairman NarenDevoftheIndia－ChinaFriend－shipAssociat ionpaidavisittoChinaattheinvitationofCAFIU． Vice－ChairpersonoftheNPCForeignAffairsCommi tteeandCAFIUVice－PresidentLiShuzhengandMr．Z hangZhijun，CAFIUAdviserandVice－Minis－teroft heIDCPC，metwiththedelegationandhostedadinne rintheirhonor．ThedelegationalsocalledontheM inistryofForeignAffairsbeforetheymadeatript oDalianandShanghai．April（１）InvitedbytheIris hLocalAuthoritymembersAssociationandtheGerm anFriedrich－EbertFoundation，a７－memberCAFIUd elegationledbyCAFIUVice－PresidentZhuLiangVi sitedIre－landandGermanysuccessivelyfromApri l２to２１．WhilevisitingIreland，thedelegationwa smetwithbyIrishPrimeMinisterTaoiseachBertie AhernandSen－ateSpeakerBrianMullooly．Duringt heirvisittoGermany，Presi－dentoftheGermanFri edrich－E－bertFoundationandSecretaryoftheMin istryofInteriorBrigitteZypries，SecretaryEck hartPickoftheMinistryofJustice，theFederalSe natorsUteKumpfandAdelheiddTroescherfromtheS ocialDemocraticPartymetwiththedelegationres pectively．Inad－dition，thedelegationsignedam emooncooperationbetweenCAFIUandtheGermanFri edrich－EbertFoundationfor２００２－２００４．（２）OnApr il４，CAFIUVice－PresidentLiBeihaimetwithanden tertainedtheBrazilianvisitingdelegationofth eEnter－prisesAssociationofthePernam－bucoSta teledbyBrazilianfriendNeyMaranhao，whoisfore ignaf－fairsadvisortothegovernorofthePernamb ucoState．（３）FromApril７to１５，Ger－manprofessor WolfgangDaeubler，aprestigiousjurist，paidavi sittoChinaattheinvita－tionofCAFIU．CAFIUExec utiveVice－PresidentLiChengrenmetwithhimandh ostedadinnerinhishonor．WhileinBeijing，hecal ledontheOfficeofLegislativeAffairsundertheS tateCouncil，theMinistryofJustice，theMin－ist ryofLaborandSocialSecurity，theLawSchoolofBe ijingUni－versityandtheChinaLaborCol－lege．He alsoattendedasmallsymposiumco－hostedbytheGe rmanFriedrich－EbertFoun－dationBeijingOffice ，theChinaLaborCollegeandCAFIU，andlaterhewenttovisitNanjingandKunming．（４）OnApril９，MinisterYoshioNomotooftheJapaneseEmbassytoChinaentertainedCAFIUExecutiveVice－PresidentLiChe
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