The Eighth Conference of Member Organizations of the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) was held on April 24^th 2009 in Beijing and attended by representatives of all the 24 member organizations.

    On behalf of the CPAPD, the CPAPD Executive Vice President Ma Wenpu made a 5-year work report to the Conference. He stressed that the CPAPD as the largest nation-wide peace organization in China had conducted multi-layered and wide-ranging activities at home and abroad and had made active efforts to follow the road of peaceful development and to build a harmonious society and harmonious world with lasting peace and common prosperity.

    The CPAPD activities are characterized by maintaining close relationship with peace and security organizations, research institutes, etc.  in the neighboring countries as well as in other regions such as Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, etc. The CPAPD has also taken an active part in international conferences such as annual sessions of DPI, the related meetings of NPT Review Conference, the World Social Forum, Asia-Europe People’s Forum, Pugwash Conferences，etc.  The CPAPD domestic activities focus on peace education and poverty reduction. So in brief, the CPAPD has been making due contributions to the stability and prosperity in Asia-Pacific and the world at large.

The Eighth Conference of CPAPD Membership Organizations also elected the CPAPD new leadership (see the annexed name list of the CPAPD leadership), with Han Qide, Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) as President of the CPAPD and Mme. He Luli as CPAPD Honorary President.

    CPAPD President Han Qide emphasized in his acceptance speech that the  CPAPD，having conducted cooperation and exchanges in various forms with more than 300 NGOs and research institutions in about 90 countries and taken an active part in multilateral activities of the international NGO community, should carry on its fine traditions, display innovative thinking in its work in the years to come, further expand areas of activities, improve working methodology and build up its influence at home and abroad to make new contributions to the maintenance of lasting peace and prosperous and harmonious world.

CPAPD Honorary President He Luli, CPAPD Vice President Yan Junqi and Li Wuwei, Minister of the International Department of the CCCPC Wang Jiarui and CPAPD Adviser and Deputy Minister of the International Department of the CCCPC Li Jinjun and other CPAPD Vice Presidents also attended the Conference.