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17-19 May 2024 – NZCFS National Conference

The New Zealand China Friendship Society’s 2024 National Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled to take place in the beaut...
The route to be travelled

Grand Canal Tour September 2024

From the 4th until the 24th of September, travel from Beijing to Shanghai visiting important sites along the route of the Grand Canal. B...
Samarkand, the final destination

Silk Road Tour, May – June 2025

Xi'an to Samarkand Early notice of this tour to slot into your forward planning!  16 days in China, travel from Xi’an, the east...

Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of James Bertram’s D...

An Online Symposium co-organised by the New Zealand China Friendship Society (NZCFS), the International Committee for the Promotion of C...
Changting, also known as Tingzhou, in Fujian province, China.

The Rewi Alley Spirit

 On December 2nd, at several locations in New Zealand and across China, people joined in celebrating the 126th anniversary of the...
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 ...