Attention required!

Dear CPN member,

With hospitality being a typical virtue of the Chinese, we, in CPN, often openly welcome friends of our members to join our events. During the Chinese New Year party which took place a couple of weeks ago, we have invited some honorable Norwegian guests from various organizations that CPN has cooperation with in one way or another. The overall feedback was very positive.

However, there also happened some inharmonious thing during the party. A foreign friend of one CPN member had been brought to the party, where she took advantage of the occasion to distribute some VCDs containing contents involved in Fa-Lun-Gong. She didn't discuss or reveal her plan/intention to her friend, nor the CPN board, in advance. Although her action was stopped on site by the CPN board, we were not fully aware of the content in the VCDs until much later. This might have drawn a wrong impression to the participants of this party that CPN has been involved in aiding the circulation of this VCD. If not being corrected, such a misunderstanding would seriously blemish the image of CPN.

Hereby, the CPN board would like to make the following declarations:

1) CPN, including all of our members, had nothing to do with the VCD distribution during the party. This was some personal action by one guest.

2) Based upon the constitution of CPN, here we would like to emphasize that CPN is a non-political, non-profit and non-governmental organization. The principle role of CPN is to serve as a communication platform among our members, and a bridge for cultural exchange between Chinese and Norwegians. We believe that all CPN members share the same
viewpoint and understanding.

3) In the future, CPN events, unless stated otherwise in the announcement, will remain to be open to both our members and our friends and partners. However, we advise that each CPN member should be cautious when bringing your friends.

During the Chinese New Year party, we have gladly seen the rapid expanding of CPN. Some 30 new members were warmly welcomed to joining this big family. We will strive for enhancing the communications among members in order to help each other to build up a successful career and happy life in Norway.

Best regards,
The CPN Board