The 1st China-US Economic, Trade and Cultural Exchange Meeting and Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition Held in Los Angeles

The 1st China-US economic, trade and cultural cooperation forum and Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition was held in Los Angeles on Dec 6 to commemorate 40^th anniversary of establishment of China-US diplomatic relations. This event was organized by US-China Association for Promotion of Economy, Trade and Culture, NBC and Beijing Haohanyinghua International Cultural Exchange Center. Chinese delegation welcomed by municipal government of West Covina Chinese delegation visiting municipal government of West Covina
 
24 entrepreneurs, including Farzam Kamalabadi, president of Future Trends International Group, Tony Wu, deputy mayor of West Covina, Sujiu Zhang, honorary president of Federation of Chinese American Associations, Junying Zhu, chairman of US-China Association for Promotion of Economy, Trade and Culture, and Daojun Lu, president of Jiangsu Taihu Boiler Co., Ltd. attended the opening ceremony. A group photo of Chinese delegation and honored American guests Tony Wu, deputy mayor of West Covina making a speech Farzam, president of Future Trends International Group and a social and political activist making a speech Lianlian Lin, chief supervisor of the Federation of Chinese American Associations making a speech Xiaohong Gu, chairman of US-China Association for Promotion of Economy, Trade and Culture, inaugurated the meeting. She said, “China and the US have gone through a great many trials & hardships in the past 40 years since they established formally diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level in 1979, and with ever-increasing mutual interests the two countries have grown highly dependent on each other.” She also cited President Jinping Xi’s statement made during his meeting with US President in 2017, “The development of China-US relationship is like construction of a large building. Those with good wishes and enthusiasm should build it one floor after another to make it firmer, higher and prettier.”
 
Xiaohong Gu, chairman of US-China Association for Promotion of Economy, Trade and Culture inaugurating the meeting Lili Duan, head of the department of Chinese affairs of Beijing Haohanyinghua International Cultural Exchange Center said, “With the 40^th anniversary of establishment of China-US diplomatic relations approaching, the Chinese delegation visited municipal government of West Covina and had a in-depth talk with the deputy mayor Tony Wu about China-US cultural exchange. Meanwhile we also attended the 1^st China-US economic, trade and cultural cooperation forum and Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition. It has epoch-making historic significance because it not only provides an international platform for promotion of China-US economic and trade exchange and cultural interaction, and more importantly witnesses friendship between people of the two countries and the philosophy of “cooperation without borders and development by service”, laying a solid foundation for harmonious economic development of the two countries.
 
Lili Duan, head of the department of Chinese affairs of Beijing Haohanyinghua International Cultural Exchange Center making a speech
 
Junying Zhu, chairman of US-China Association for Promotion of Economy, Trade and Culture said that the association has organized some economic, trade and cultural exchange activities for both China and America since its foundation nearly 3 years ago. In the year of 2018 it led a US delegation to visit China. During the visit they went to such cities as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Dalian, and established contact with local governments. Likewise, it invited business and cultural delegations of China to visit the US, and this time 24 entrepreneurs from over 10 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China. Junying Zhu, chairman of US-China Association for Promotion of Economy, Trade and Culture making a speech A picture of our president Daojun Lu and Junying Zhu & Lili Duan A picture of our president Daojun Lu and Lianlian Lin, chief supervisor of the Federation of Chinese American Associations A picture of our president Daojun Lu and Farzam Kamalabadi A picture of our president Daojun Lu and Sujiu Zhang During the opening ceremony chairman Junying Zhu of US-China Association for Promotion of Economy, Trade and Culture issued certificates to the Chinese delegation, among which our president Daojun Lu was granted an honorary title of“Goodwill Ambassador of 40^th Anniversary of Establishment of China-US Diplomatic Relations”