Association of Chinese Language Writers in Europe (CWAE, ) was established in 1991 in Paris. It is the first association dedicated to the promotion and creation of contemporary Chinese literary work. Its first president was Ms. Susie Chao, a renowned Chinese writer, and its current president is Joanne Lee, a Chinese writer based in Switzerland. Since its inception, over the years, the association has been recognized as a driving force successfully assembling and supporting the Chinese writers in Europe. It currently has over 80 members, across 22 countries. A brief history of the CWAE The CWAE was founded on 16 March 1991 in Paris, after more than a year of intense preparation led by Ms. Susie Chao. For this purpose, she worked almost on a daily basis with a number of Chinese writers who were based in Paris. A European association, uniting those working towards an overseas Chinese literary body with European characteristics, was finally established. This was the first time in the history of overseas Chinese in Europe, that a truly pan-European Chinese writers’ organization was formed. Apart from a few (Ms. Susie Chao, Mr. Chu Wen-Huei, Ms. Daming Lü, Ms. Wang Jiafeng), all other founding members (Ms. Foncy Kuo, Ms. Hsu Sheng-Mei, Ms. S.S. Schwedler, Ms. Yang Ling, Mr. Zu Wei) only finally met face to face either at their hotel on the eve of the opening ceremony or during the ceremony itself. At that time, Mr. Sui Haoping, then only 30-year-old, but already a well-known writer, TV presenter, and a household name in Taiwan, was in the UK for his PhD studies. It took all Ms. Chao's persistence to locate and then persuade him to join the association. To ensure that the venue and organization of the opening ceremony were perfectly ready, Ms. Chao, who was based in Switzerland, undertook a special trip to Paris prior to the event. Many VIPs traveled from all over the world to Paris to attend the opening ceremony (among others Mr. Fu Zhaoxiang, the future President of the World Association of Chinese Writers; Mr. Ya Xuan, Chief Editor of the magazine of the United Daily News from Taiwan; Mr. Mei Xin, Chief Editor of the magazine of the Central Daily News from Taiwan). The gala dinner for the opening ceremony was held in a Chinese restaurant, for which a whole floor was reserved to accommodate over 100 guests. A Chinese classical