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Memorandum of Understanding signed between NZCFS and JPPAFFC.

NZCFS confirms close connection with Jiangsu province

Jiangsu province is one of China’s economic powerhouses. It’s the third smallest province in China by land area but the most densely populat...
Delegates from New Zealand and our Beijing hosts at the Beijing Environment and Urban Development Seminar.

Dialogue on climate change launched in Beijing

In the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (BPAFFC) in 2021 and r...
View of Dishui Lake in Nanhui New City, Lingang Special Area, Shanghai.

Water management and mitigation in Shanghai

Situated half-way between Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Yangshan International Seaport, the Lingang Special Area is being develo...
Bronze bust of Rewi Alley in the Heroes Courtyard, China People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Beijing.

Walking in Rewi Alley’s footsteps

 Most readers will know that the New Zealand China Friendship Society — created originally as the New Zealand China S...
Melinda met with President Chris Lipscombe in China at a celebratory lunch hosted by Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries 16 October 2023.

Two Months in Shanghai

 Melinda Szymanik, this year's recipient of the NZCFS Shanghai Writers Residency Programme, has recently returned from ...
The canals of Suzhou. Photo by Adriaan Terblanche on Unsplash.

NZCFS delegation shares ideas on climate change

 On Friday 13 October, speakers from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Beijing shared in an online forum their ideas on ...
Cover of Sponge Cities report, produced by The Helen Clark Foundation in partnership with WSP New Zealand

Beijing Forum on Environment and Urban Development 13 October — ...

Cover of Sponge Cities report, produced by The Helen Clark Foundation in partnership with WSP New Zealand With China and Ne...

Heads up — changes to membership are coming

 At the Society’s National Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Tauranga earlier this year in May, members decided that it wa...
Shanghai skyline by day and Beijing skyline by night

NZCFS Delegations to China – call for expressions of inter...

 With covid travel restrictions lifted and the world travelling once again, the NZ China Friendship Society is planning two outbo...
Screen shot of online participants in Dunhuang-Christchurch Cultural Seminar

NZCFS Participates in Dunhuang-Christchurch Cultural Seminar

An online event linking Dunhuang in Gansu province with its sister city Christchurch was an opportunity to celebrate the cultural connection...
National President Chris Lipscombe meeting with Xiamen FAO Vice President Mme Lin Na.

National President Visits Xiamen

 Prior to his arrival at Fuzhou for the China-Pacific People-to-People Friendship Forum in May, National President Chr...