The Executive Council of the CPAFFC gained two new members in 2015 — vice presidents Lin Yi and Song Jingwu.
　　Lin Yi， born in Guangdong Province in 1966 and a graduate of Peking University， joined the CPAFFC in 1989 and has been engaged in people-to-people diplomacy ever since， serving successively as deputy director and director of the Fourth Division of the Department of Asian and African Affairs， deputy director general and director general of the Department of Asian and African Affairs， secretary general of the CPAFFC， deputy director general of the Tianjin Municipal Foreign Affairs Office and vice president of the Tianjin Municipal People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
　　Song Jingwu， born in Shandong Province in 1959 and a university graduate， joined the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976， serving successively as first secretary， deputy director and director of the Department of West European Affairs， counselor and division chief of the Department of European Affairs， counsellor and minister counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in France， deputy director general of the Department of Foreign Affairs Management； and director general of the Department of European and Asian Affairs of the CPAFFC.