Wu Guiying Meets with the Seminar Delegation

A delegation of the Seminar for Parliamentarians from African Countries visited Hunan on November 11 and 12, 2026. The summary meeting for the seminar was held in Hunan on November 12. Wu Guiying, secretary of the CPC Leadership Group and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress, met with the seminar delegation in Changsha. Entrusted by the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Wang Xiaoke, secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress, presided over the summary meeting.

The seminar consisted of 47 parliamentarians and senior officials from 15 countries and the Pan-African Parliament. During the meeting, Wu Guiying welcomed the seminar delegation to Hunan. She said that the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress has attached great importance to exchanges and cooperation with local parliaments around the world. Wu expressed her hope to take this seminar as an opportunity to promote exchanges and mutual visits with parliaments of African countries, strengthen mutual learning in legislation, advance pragmatic cooperation, and jointly promote the in-depth and concrete development of exchanges and cooperation between Hunan and Africa.

During their stay in Hunan, the seminar members successively visited the liaison station of the people's congress deputies in Yuhua District, the permanent exhibition hall of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, the Hunan Police Academy, and the Xingsha industrial park of Sany Group. They gained an in-depth understanding of Hunan's practice of whole-process people's democracy and the people's congress system, and experienced firsthand Hunan's economic and social development and trade with Africa.

At the summary meeting, representatives from various countries made speeches and exchanged ideas, unanimously thanking Hunan for its warm reception. They expressed the hope to deepen exchanges and cooperation with Hunan in fields such as economy and trade, industry, and culture, jointly writing a new chapter of Africa-China friendship.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang 

Chinese source: Hunan Daily