Lin Yi, Vice President of the Friendship Association with Foreign Countries of the People's Republic of China, hosted a dinner in honor of the Delegation of the Marmara Group Foundation in Beijing. At the dinner where Mehmet Ratip from the Embassy of Turkey in China was also present, Vice Chairman Lin Yi stressed that Marmara Group Foundation is a recognized think tank in China and in relations between China and Turkey she stressed that pioneered the field of civil society. Dr. Suver also thanked the extraordinary hospitality shown in his speech. The dinner was attended by Dr. Akkan Suver from the Marmara Group Foundation, MP. Şamil Ayrım, MP Tuğrul Türkeş, Prof. Dr. Sedat Aybar from Aydın University, Dr. Murat Aslan and Deniz Istikbal from SETA Research Center, Deputy Director General Li Hai from CPAFFC with Director of North Africa Gong Xu.