On the afternoon of February 12 2003, the Mayor of Paris entertained the Chinese community in the city hall. City authorities gave permission for Falun Gong practitioners to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and distribute materials that clarified the truth about the persecution in China opposite the City Hall. Many Chinese people who were invited to attend the reception spoke to Falun Gong practitioners and accepted the materials from them. Practitioners also revealed the truth to people passing by.Not long ago, the mayor of Paris sent a New Year Greeting card to the Falun Dafa Association of France.
