Fukuoka to seek deepened cooperation with Guangzhou in Nov

The city of Fukuoka in Japan will send another business group to join the Kyushu delegation to visit Guangzhou for business cooperation in November, according to the mayor Soichiro Takashima at "Guangzhou Night".

The "Guangzhou Night" is a promotion event for Guangzhou held in Dalian, Liaoning province on July 2 during the 2019 World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, which is also known as Summer Davos.  

Soichiro Takashima, mayor of Fukuoka attends the "Guangzhou Night" on July 2. [Photo/Guangzhou Daily]

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities bond between Guangzhou and Fukuoka, said Takashima. "The friendship between the two cities began with the initial borrowing of pandas; subsequently, cooperation and exchanges have become increasingly close, and economic and trade exchanges have become more frequent; at the 2017 Global Fortune Forum, I came to Guangzhou and met with the city leaders and last year, the Guangzhou delegation visited Fukuoka and I met with the city leaders again," the mayor reminisced the friendly exchanges between the two cities.