On July 5, 2025, a symposium celebrating the International Day of Cooperatives, hosted by the International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (ICCIC-Gung Ho), was held in Beijing. Chairman Michael Crook presided the symposium and delivered an opening speech.Bruno Roelants, ICCIC member and former Secretary-General of the International Co-operative Alliance, sent a video message to celebrate the International Day of Cooperatives. David Evans, Vice Chairman of ICCIC, read out the message for the International Day of Cooperatives. Fan Huiqun, Level II Bureau Rank Offical‌ of the Department of International Cooperation of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, attended the symposium and delivered a speech.