【正】(Amended and Adopted by the Ninth National Council Meeting on May 18, 2007)Chapter One General Principles Article 1 The Association is a national people’s organization of the People’s Republic of China known as the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and abbreviated as CPAFFC. Article 2 As an institute of people-to-people diplomacy, on behalf of the Chinese people, the Association makes friends extensively and makes close friends on the international arena and works to win broad international sympathy for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and to provide a consolidated social basis for the establishment of good state relations between China and all other countries. Article 3 To enhance people’s friendship, further international cooperation, safeguard world peace and promote common development are purposes which the Association pursues indefatigably in its work.