The Eastern America Chinese Communities Association (EACCA) held a conference in Chinatown Manhattan on Sept 24 to celebrate Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States. Chinese community representatives expressed their warmest welcome to Xi and eager hopes that China and the US, as two wealthiest countries in the world, will strengthen corporation and enhance friendship between the people of the two countries in the future. Founded in 1982 in New York, the EACCA is a non-profit organization composed of more than 200 Chinese communities. Hong Xiao / For China Daily