Shenyang and Belfast became sister cities
2016/05/21

Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning Province of China, officially established friendship city relationship with Belfast on May 18th afternoon. Mayor of Shenyang Mr. Pan Liguo and Lord Mayor of Belfast Mr. Arder Carson signed on the agreement on behalf of their cities respectively.

Pan Liguo said Shenyang, as an old industrial base of China, has in recent years actively promoted transform upgrading from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing. In the meanwhile, Shenyang is accelerating the construction of smart city, promoting the comprehensive upgrading of the city, making all effort to realize the transform from a manufacturing city to a service and consumption city, and giving full play to construction of a national central city with help of the new generation of information technology. Shenyang and Belfast share great cooperative basis. Both cities have recently carried out cooperation in education, culture and aeronautical manufacture. The friendship city relations will further enhance the friendly and cooperative ties between both sides, promote mutual exchange and cooperation and thus enhance mutual development.

Arder Carson said Belfast is also in the process of actively promoting city transformation just as Shenyang does. It's hoped that the two cities can enhance mutual learning and cooperation in areas such as financial-technology and smart city construction. Belfast wished to take the sister city relationship as an opportunity to establish long-term friendly cooperative relationship with Shenyang and achieve mutual benefit.

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