Deputy Director-General Zhou Guangzhi Surveys at JAFIE

Jan 29, 2026

OnJanuary 27, Zhou Guangzhi, Deputy Director-General of the Standing Committee ofthe Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress, visited JAFIE for a survey. He wasaccompanied by Qin Yibin, Deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee ofthe Provincial People’s Congress, as well as Director of the Research Officeand the Deputies Affairs Committee, and Ma Lianmei, Director of the Ethnic,Religious and Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee and the Foreign AffairsCommittee.

President Qu Futian accompanied Vice Director-GeneralZhou and his delegation on a tour of the functional areas of the Association’soffice premises. He introduced the Association’s efforts and practices instrengthening platforms for international exchanges in the service of theprovince’s development, fostering a vibrant cultural atmosphere, andintegrating Party-building work with its overall operations.

At the subsequent symposium, Executive VicePresident Shao Weiming reported on the Association’s functional positioning,development history, major achievements in recent years, and its work plans for2026. He particularly highlighted the progress and outcomes achieved throughcoordinated efforts between the Association and the Foreign Affairs Committeeof the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress.

President Qu expressed his gratitude to theStanding Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress for its long-standingsupport and concern for the Association. He noted that, as an extension andsupplement to the foreign affairs work of the Provincial People’s Congress, theAssociation has always adhered to the principle of “making friends widely andmaking good friends.” It has carried out external exchanges through multiplechannels and across a broad range of fields, striving to play an active role inserving the overall national diplomatic agenda and supporting the province’seconomic and social development. He also expressed hope that the StandingCommittee of the Provincial People’s Congress and its Foreign Affairs Committeewould continue to assign tasks, put forward requirements, and provide guidanceto the Association in the future, further strengthening collaborative workingmechanisms and jointly contributing to Jiangsu’s opening-up and high-qualitydevelopment.

DeputyDirector-General Zhou highly commended the Association’s work and achievements.He pointed out that, as one of the important channels for the ProvincialPeople’s Congress to conduct foreign affairs work, the Association holds asignificant and distinctive position. It has established a solid foundation,sound mechanisms, well-regulated management, and has produced notable resultsin external exchanges. In particular, it has played an important role and madepositive contributions in integrating with, supporting, and assisting theProvincial People’s Congress in carrying out parliamentary diplomacy, promotinglocal international exchanges and cooperation, and serving the province’seconomic and social development. He expressed hope that the Association and theForeign Affairs Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress StandingCommittee would further improve their coordination mechanisms, strengthencooperation, and enhance synergy between official and people-to-peoplediplomacy, to achieve greater accomplishments and more fruitful results in thefield of people-to-people diplomacy in the new era.

Vice Presidents Si Jinquan and Che Jie, Supervisor GongXumin, Party Branch Secretary Guo Minwen, and Secretary-General Wang Jian,among others, also participated in the survey visit.