We hope to foster multifaceted cooperation with the BPAFFC in the China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges —New Year greetings from Madagascar-China Friendship

Association

General Johanesa Rakotonirina, President of Association Amitié Madagascar-Chine, sends New Year greetings to the BPAFFC.

A warm greeting to all of you. I am General Johanesa Rakotonirina, President of Association Amitié Madagascar-Chine. The traditional Chinese New Year is around the corner. On behalf of the association, I want to extend my best wishes to the BPAFFC.

In the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges, we look forward to expanding close cooperation and delivering on important initiatives with the BPAFFC.

As a 1983 undergraduate alumnus of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, I have witnessed China’s reform and opening-up and its rapid development firsthand. We are eager to cooperate with China and learn from its experience.

Finally, wish you all happiness and health in the upcoming year. May everything go your way, and all your wishes come true.

Thank you.

About Association Amitié Madagascar-Chine

Founded in 1984, Association Amitié Madagascar-Chine is committed to promoting people-to-people friendship and cooperation between China and Madagascar. It has about 120 members, including former civil servants, overseas Chinese, and foreign students studying in China. Association Amitié Madagascar-Chine has, on many occasions, helped the Chinese embassy in Madagascar receive domestic delegations and organize activities to strengthen China’s international influence and facilitate China-Madagascar economic cooperation.

The BPAFFC and Association Amitié Madagascar-Chine established relations in 2017 and have actively engaged with each other ever since. In July 2021, Association Amitié Madagascar-Chine sent congratulations to the BPAFFC on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In 2022, it recorded a promotional video for the “Colorful World · Biodiversity” International Youth Painting Invitational Exhibition. At the BPAFFC’s recommendation, it was interviewed by China Media Group’s program We Are in Love with China, and delivered a speech at the Beijing International Forum on People-to-People Friendship via video link. In November 2023, General Johanesa Rakotonirina, President of the association attended the 2nd China-Africa Friendship Organization Leaders Meeting and paid a visit to the BPAFFC.