6月3日至4日，重慶市政府外办二级巡视员、市对外友协办主任鲁进率队赴成都开展专题调研，分别与四川省委外办机关党委书记杨东、四川省对外友协秘书长向琼花举行座谈交流，加快推进成渝地区双城经济圈建设。

鲁进听取了四川省积极开展民间组织“走出去”工作有关情况。他表示，川促会的成功经验值得学习和借鉴，重庆市政府外办将加快推进渝促会的筹建工作，贯彻落实中央、重庆市委关于成渝地区双城经济圈建设的战略部署，按照川渝外办签署的合作备忘录相关要求，与四川省外办进一步加强沟通交流。

此外，鲁进还与向琼花就如何加强成渝两地友协合作，共同推进成渝地区双城经济圈建设展开深入交流。双方一致同意，进一步加强两部门沟通与合作，进一步实现资源互享、信息互通，以合办民间国际交往活动等形式，不断加深交流合作，为推进成渝地区双城经济圈建设、推动内陆地区更高水平的开放发展贡献民间外事力量。

On June 3rd and 4th， a delegation with Lu Jin， level-2 counselor of the FAOCMG and director of the office of the Chongqing Municipal Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries （CMPAFFC） as its leader came to Chengdu for a thematic research. They were in discussion and exchange with Mr. Yang Dong， secretary of the Party committee of the FAOCSPC， and Ms. Xiang Qionghua， secretary-general of the SPPAFFC， respectively， to ramp up efforts for the construction of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle.

Mr. Lu Jin， upon listening to Sichuans briefings on the work of non-governmental organizations "going global". He held that the FAOCMG will draw on essence of the Sichuan Union Council for the Promotion of Enterprise Business （SUCPEB） to accelerate the preparatory work for the establishment of Chongqings. The association will implement the strategy of the central government and the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee on the building of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle. The office， by answering the call of the Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation signed by the FAOCSPC-FAOCMG， will further enhance communication with its counterpart in Sichuan.

Also， Mr. Lu Jin and Ms. Xiang Qionghua explored how to strengthen the cooperation between the two associations and how to advance the development of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle in joint efforts. Both agreed to further improve communication and cooperation in between and to achieve the sharing of resources and information. As part of efforts to deepen exchanges and cooperation， the two sides upheld to organize non-governmental activities in the form of international exchange to bolster the Economic Circle and bring the opening of the inland areas to a new height.