President of the Sino-American Friendship Association (SAFA) Peter Zhang, along with prominent members of the SAFA Committee of Medical Collaboration, joined Mr. Baoyan Liu, President of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS), and the accompanying WFAS delegation for a respectful visit to Mr. Junhua Li, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, and Lily Gery, the Senior Liaison officer at the UNESCO New York Office.

The WFAS delegation presented an overview of their recent works and expressed their desire to receive guidance from the UN and UNESCO on enhancing their efforts towards achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

Mr. Junhua Li, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (4th on the right) with the WFAS Delegation and prominent members of the Committee of Medical Collaboration of SAFA

President Peter Zhang of SAFA, alongside prominent members of the Committee of Medical Collaboration, cordially hosted a luncheon at the Penn Club in Manhattan, New York, to extend a warm welcome to President Baoyan Liu and the WFAS delegation.

At the welcome luncheon: Peter Zhang, President of SAFA; Jin Qian, Deputy Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in New York; Guolin Zhou, Science and Technology Counselor of the Chinese Consulate General in New York; Candy Nip, Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York; Yaming Gu, Senior Advisor to the Mayor of New York City; President Baoyan Liu of WFAS; Rongsheng Lin, vice-president of WFAS; Yigong Fang, Vice-Dean of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Hospital of Acupuncture and Moxibustion; David Li, clinical director of UCCTCM; Li Li, executive director of UCCTCM; Dr. Jun Mao, Dr. Ting Bao and Dr. Xiaotong Li of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Consuls of the Chinese Consulate General in New York etc.