From May 28 to 29, 2018, Kei SASAI, Chairman of Japan's Asian Regional Association for Home Economics, and Seiko SAWAI, former Chairman, came to Hangzhou to inspect and guide the preparations for The 20th ARAHE Biennial International Congress to be hosted by Zhejiang Shuren University in August 2018.

Kei SASAI's visit provided a lot of valuable references and laid a good foundation for the convening of the conference.