China-Russia Friendship Association

The China-Russia Friendship Association (CRAFA, Chinese: 中国俄罗斯友好协会), affiliated with the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, is an official civil diplomatic organization established by the Government of the People's Republic of China.

According to the constitution of the association, the first "leadership core" was elected by the inaugural meeting, with Liu Shaoqi as president, Song Qingling, Wu Yuzhang, Shen Junru, Li Jishen, Guo Moruo, Zhang Lan and Huang Yanpei as vice-presidents, and the director-general, Qian Junrui, designated as the director-general.

[3] In the mid-to-late 1950s, the Association was also affected by the Sino-Soviet split, and in February 1960, the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party handed over the General Party Group of the Association to the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council.

In 1984, the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association elected a new president, Qu Wu, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Revolutionary Party.

On October 28, 2009, a conference celebrating the 60th anniversary of the China-Russia Friendship Association was held at the Moscow Institute of International Relations.