 KMT also hosted conferences of important Muslims like Bai Chongxi, Ma Fuxiang, and Ma Liang.Ma Bufang stressed "racial harmony" as a goal when he was Governor of Qinghai.In 1939, Isa Yusuf Alptekin and Ma Fuliang were sent on a mission by KMT to the Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt, Turkey and Syria to gain support for the Chinese War against Japan, they also visited Afghanistan in 1940 and contacted Muhammad Amin Bughra, they asked him to come to Chongqing, the capital of the Nationalist Government.