2025 Chengdu International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Development Forum Kicks Off in Chengdu

CHENGDU,
CHINA
–

Media
OutReach
Newswire
–
17
April
2025
–
On
April
16,
the
“2025
Chengdu
International
Friendship
Cities
Cooperation
and
Development
Forum”,
hosted
by
the
Chengdu
Municipal
People’s
Government
and
organized
by
the
Foreign
Affairs
Office
of
the
Chengdu
Municipal
People’s
Government,
officially
kicked
off
in
Chengdu.

This
conference
was
themed
on
“Hand
in
Hand,
Sharing
and
Winning
Together”.
Major
activities
included
the
opening
ceremony,
mayor’s
roundtable,
thematic
promotion
sessions,
thematic
inspections,
as
well
as
multiple
bilateral
meetings
and
relevant
side
events.

To
deepen
cooperation
between
Chengdu
and
the
five
Central
Asian
countries
in
areas
such
as
trade,
investment,
infrastructure,
and
culture,
Chengdu
has
established
the
Central
Asia
Economic
and
Trade
Promotion
Association,
which
will
hold
its
unveiling
ceremony
during
the
conference.

Mr.
Dewit,
Chairman
of
the
Belgian-Chinese
Chamber
of
Commerce,
believed
that
Chengdu
serves
as
an
important
gateway
for
Belgium
to
access
markets
in
Western
and
Central
China.
He
remarked:
“Chengdu
and
Belgium
have
a
solid
foundation
in
the
pharmaceutical
and
technology
sectors.
Sichuan
Airlines
has
opened
a
number
of
cargo
flights
to
Belgium,
and
it
is
expected
to
usher
in
direct
passenger
flights
in
the
future.
In
the
field
of
education,
universities
in
the
two
places
should
establish
closer
ties
to
promote
students’
exchanges.”

As
a
hub
for
international
exchanges
in
western
China,
Chengdu
has
built
a
network
of
241
“international
friendship
cities”
since
it
established
its
first
sister-city
relationship
with
Montpellier,
France,
in
1981.
These
sister
cities
have
not
only
facilitated
diverse
cultural
exchanges
and
interactions
with
Chengdu,
but
also
injected
new
vitality
into
Chengdu’s
economic
development,
technological
innovation,
educational
cooperation
and
other
fields.

As
one
of
the
best
epitomes
of
the
ongoing
deepening
exchanges
and
cooperation
between
Chengdu
and
the
EU,
the
“2025
Chengdu
*
European
Cultural
Season”
and
the
“European
Style
Street”
series
of
events,
organized
by
the
EU
Delegation
in
China,
were
also
held
on
April
12
in
the
Chengdu
Eastern
Suburb
Memory
Park.

Since
its
inception
in
2017,
the
“Chengdu
*
European
Cultural
Season”
has
been
successfully
hosted
eight
times,
forging
a
bridge
of
friendship
that
enhances
mutual
understanding
and
cultural
exchange
between
the
people
of
Chengdu
and
Europe.

In
recent
years,
exchanges
and
cooperation
between
Chengdu
and
EU
countries
have
been
continuously
deepening.
Currently,
Chengdu
has
established
international
friendship
and
cooperative
relations
with
31
cities
in
EU
member
states,
and
there
are
11
cargo
and
passenger
routes
between
Chengdu
and
the
EU.
In
2024,
Chengdu’s
import
and
export
volume
to
the
EU
reached
142.16
billion
yuan.

In
February
2025,
the
signing
ceremony
of
memorandum
of
friendship
and
cooperation
between
Asti,
Italy
and
Tianfu
New
District,
Sichuan,
was
held
in
Chengdu.
Maurizio
Rasero,
Governor
of
Asti
Province
and
Mayor
of
Asti,
Italy,
stated
that
as
an
important
historical
and
cultural
city
in
Italy
and
a
hub
for
the
wine
industry
and
machinery
manufacturing,
Asti
has
vast
potential
for
cooperation
with
Chengdu
in
industrial
development
and
scientific
and
technological
innovation.

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