Sister City Alliance boost Cyprus-China relations

Representatives of municipalities that have been twinned with cities in China attended a ceremony at the Chinese Embassy last week.

The ceremony for the China-Cyprus Sister City Alliance was hosted by the Charge d’Affaires of the embassy Li Yaohui. The Executive Mayor of Nanjing, Huo Huiping, who was on a visit to Cyprus last week, was present as was the President of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities and Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras.

Nicosia and Paphos municipalities were represented by their deputy mayor and Limassol by a municipal councilor.

Li Yaohui said that sister city cooperation was an important pillar of the strategic partnership between China and Cyprus. The Chinese Embassy in Cyprus initiated the establishment of a “Sister City Alliance” with the aim of creating a new model of one-to-many and many-to-many sister city exchanges and cooperation.

The establishment of these relations between cities is considered significant as it contributes to the development of China-Cyprus relations.

Limassol is twinned with Nanjing, Guangzhou and Weinan; Larnaca with Ningbo and Yichang; Nicosia with Fu Zhou and Qingdao; Ayia Napa with Guangzhou.